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Putin has 1,000 spies in Britain hiding behind normal jobs from teachers to baristas

Russia's spies, handled by SVR, the Kremlin’s version of MI6, have even infiltrated high levels of government, experts say. Calls are being made for the public to be warned of the insider threat

Daily Mirror

Berlin embassy spy case reminiscent of John Le Carre thriller

Hopes of a warmer co-existence with Russia have been gradually snuffed out since the Cold War ended.

The Independent UK

UK orders some details to be kept secret in Novichok poisoning inquiry

The British government has ordered some documents to be kept secret by an inquiry into the death of a woman killed by the Novichok nerve agent following the 2018 attempted murder of former Russian spy Sergei Skripal, the inquiry heard on Friday.

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Salisbury attack inquiry will establish whether British government was right to name Russia responsible

Family of victim Dawn Sturgess express concern as no date yet set for public inquiry to start

The Independent UK

How an international assassination attempt brought horror to the streets of a sleepy English city

Andy Gregory looks back on the shocking and tragic events that thrust the Wiltshire city into global headlines

The Independent UK

Who is Gavin Williamson? MP's pet tarantula, knighthood and telling Russia to 'go away'

Former defence and education secretary Gavin Williamson has left the cabinet for a third time after accusations about his past behaviour hit the press. His political career has rarely been far from controversy

Daily Mirror

Lord Lucan breakthrough as mystery man's face is 'exact match' for missing killer

Lord Lucan is 'identical' to a resident in Australia who 'has many aliases', according to experts.

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Lord Lucan breakthrough as mystery man's face is EXACT match for missing killer

Lord Lucan disappeared the day after he murdered his family nanny Sandra Rivett, with friends having claimed he jumped off a cross-channel ferry

Daily Mirror

Novichok police force chief to retire

Kier Pritchard will leave Wiltshire Police in June 2023 having spent his entire career with the force after joining as a 19-year-old.

The Independent UK

Russian spies luring unsuspecting men into honeytraps still at large in the West

A total of 18 Kremlin spies are on the loose in western Europe with two already captured and the search for the rest of them ongoing, it has been claimed by a Russia expert

Daily Mirror

Russian TV news head hints at country’s role in Skripal poisoning

Editor of state-owned RT network Margarita Simonyan appears to contradict Kremlin position in post about Darya Dugina killing

The Guardian - UK

Woman accused of killing daughter of Putin's 'Rasputin' is a mum with 12-year-old kid

Natalia Shaban-Vovk, 43, is the part-time mum turned explosives expert who is claimed to have detonated the 400g TNT car bomb that burned alive Darya Dugina, 30, the daughter of Vladimir Putin's crony and spiritual guide, Alexander Dugin

Daily Mirror

From Bridge of Spies to Anna Chapman and Viktor Bout: A history of US-Russian prisoner swaps

The former Cold War adversaries have pulled off yet another notable exchange

The Independent UK

From Bridge of Spies to Anna Chapman and Viktor Bout: A history of US-Russian prisoner swaps

The former Cold War adversaries are in talks to off pull off yet another historic exchange

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Family of woman killed by Novichok say ‘patience wearing thin’ as probe delayed

A lawyer for Dawn Sturgess’s family said there was ‘no hope’ of the public inquiry beginning early next year.

Evening Standard

Government accused of delaying Novichok inquiry with ‘unnecessary’ security checks on evidence

The Government has been accused of delaying the inquiry into the Novichok poisonings by carrying out “necessary” security checks before handing over evidence.

Daily Record

Terror expert claims Scotland at risk of chemical attacks by Vladimir Putin

Graham Yuill, a writer from Glasgow, says he understands from a "reliable source" that bases in Fife, Scotstoun and Govan could be targeted.

ABC News

Why does Russia keep poisoning people? The wild history of Moscow's chemical assassination plots

Billionaire Roman Abramovich is just the latest in a long line of people who suspect they may be the target of a Kremlin poison plot. Russia is well-practised in the art of chemical assassinations, but carrying out a murder using poison is inherently risky.

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Daily Mirror

'Full-scale' World War Three has now BEGUN, Russian state TV declares

Russians have been told that full-scale World War 3 has already started as declared by state controlled TV as one presenter insists "that's entirely for sure"

The Independent UK

Former officer poisoned by Novichok in Salisbury settles claim against Wiltshire Police

Lawyers say details of settlement are confidential

The Guardian - UK

Novichok poisonings: Nick Bailey reaches settlement with police force

Bailey says he has continued to suffer from trauma of nerve agent attack in Salisbury in March 2018

Reuters

What are chemical weapons and are they illegal?

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has expressed concern that Russia could deploy chemical weapons in the war and there has been an unconfirmed report of their use in the besieged southern port of Mariupol.

The Independent UK

Top private school hosted UK head of Kremlin cultural agency linked to Russian intelligence

Exclusive: UK head of Rossotrudnichestvo spoke at Oxford High School ‘Russian Conference’ in 2019 attended by more than 150 pupils

The Guardian - UK

Britain, Canada and Australia decline so far to expel Russian diplomats

UK foreign secretary Liz Truss said cooperation with Moscow is over but has not yet acted in line with EU nations

ABC News

Before war in Ukraine, London was a glitzy playground for Russia's richest families

Nearly three decades ago, the UK started offering a "golden visa" to the world's ultra-rich. Thousands of Russians bought lavish homes and sent their children to the best boarding schools. But critics say it turned London into a haven for their riches.

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