# Sergei Skripal

# ruslan boshirov/anatoly chepiga

Home of Sergei Skripal declared safe one year after novichok poisoning

The final site of decontamination in Salisbury, the Skripal home, is safe following extensive cleaning.

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Mar 1st 2019, 1:25 PM

# dawn sturgess

Parents of Novichok victim query why UK settled ex-spy Sergei Skripal in Salisbury

Dawn Sturgess died after coming into contact with a nerve agent allegedly used in last year’s poisoning of Skripal and his daughter.

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Feb 16th 2019, 11:58 AM

# et tu sergei

Putin labels poisoned former spy Sergei Skripal a 'traitor' and a 'scumbag'

The Russian President was visibly angry when he was speaking about Skripal today in Moscow.

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Oct 3rd 2018, 6:20 PM

Suspect in British Novichok poisoning is actually a Russian colonel and former spy

British investigative team Bellingcat claims to have discovered that ‘Ruslan Boshirov’ is in fact FRU colonel Anatoly Chepiga.

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Sep 26th 2018, 10:50 PM

Russian suspects in Salisbury poisoning say they were in UK as tourists

The two men accused denied having anything to do with the murder attempt in an interview with Russian media.

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Sep 13th 2018, 2:03 PM

Putin says the two men named as suspects in Salisbury poisoning are 'civilians, not criminals'

Putin said the two men do not work for the military and called on them to come forward.

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Sep 12th 2018, 8:41 AM

# UK

Russians accused of carrying out Salisbury attack reportedly posed as businessmen to obtain visas

British authorities have issued arrest warrants for two suspected members of Russian military intelligence.

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Sep 7th 2018, 5:09 PM

Police release images of Russian men and fake perfume bottle involved in fatal nerve agent attack

Sergei Skripal and his daughter were found poisoned in the English city of Salisbury in early March.

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Sep 5th 2018, 1:25 PM

US hits Russia with sanctions over nerve agent attack in England

A former Russian spy and his daughter were exposed to Novichok in March.

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Aug 8th 2018, 8:46 PM

# dawn sturgess

Precautions in place to protect mourners at funeral of nerve agent victim

Dawn Sturgess was exposed to Novichok in England.

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Jul 29th 2018, 6:19 PM

'Unknown substance' hospitalises two in Salisbury close to where Skripals were poisoned

The incident happened less than 10 miles from where former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter were poisoned.

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Jul 4th 2018, 6:34 AM

# irish russian relations

Nerve agent used in Salisbury attack delivered in 'liquid form', UK government says

Work to decontaminate sites in Salisbury affected by the nerve agent begin today.

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Apr 17th 2018, 4:06 PM

# skripals

The pets of Russian spy poisoned in Salisbury are dead - UK government

Russia had raised questions about the condition of the Skripals’ pet cat and two guinea pigs.

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Apr 6th 2018, 12:22 PM

# diplomatic tensions

Russia to UK over spy poisoning: 'You are playing with fire and you will be sorry'

Britain has blamed Russia for the 4 March poisoning of Sergei Skripal and his daughter.

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Apr 6th 2018, 7:23 AM

# Face off

'Perverse', 'grotesque', 'idiocy' - Britain and Russia face off in tense meeting

The crisis has sent the long-difficult relations between Russia and the West plummeting to new lows.

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Apr 4th 2018, 1:03 PM

# Poisoning

Russian ambassador on expulsion of Irish diplomat: 'Every action finds its counteraction'

Yury Filatov said he is still optimistic about Ireland’s future relationship with Russia.

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Apr 3rd 2018, 1:25 PM

# Diversion

Russia says Skripal poisoning is in UK's benefit as it is distracting from Brexit

Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said the British had “lost their sense of reality”.

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Apr 2nd 2018, 12:57 PM

# Russian Spy

Yulia Skripal 'improving rapidly' after nerve agent attack as police cordon off playground near home

While she is no longer critical, the condition of her father Sergei remains serious after the attack.

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Mar 29th 2018, 5:16 PM

# russian poisoning

Skripals were poisoned with deadly nerve agent from front door of their own home, police say

The highest concentration of nerve agent was found at Sergei Skripal’s home address, according to Met Police.

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Mar 28th 2018, 10:12 PM

Russian ambassador: Ireland expelling diplomat is 'unwarranted, uncalled for, senseless and regrettable'

Yury Filatov said the move jeopardised Irish-Russian relations.

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Mar 27th 2018, 5:37 PM

Why has Ireland ousted a Russian diplomat, and how significant is it?

“Expelling diplomats is ‘cheap diplomacy’,” one expert said. “It’s a low-cost way of reacting, and it doesn’t cost anything financially.”

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Mar 27th 2018, 2:30 PM

# Russia

Russian Ambassador warns Ireland should use 'common sense' when considering diplomat expulsions

The government is expected to decide whether to expel Russian diplomats later today.

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Mar 27th 2018, 7:39 AM

EU leaders agree Russia 'highly likely' to blame for nerve agent attack

Some states are also now considering following Britain’s lead in expelling Russian diplomats.

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Mar 23rd 2018, 7:15 AM

Policeman injured in UK nerve agent attack leaves hospital

A judge today ruled that blood samples from former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter, who have been left in a coma following the attack, can be released for testing.

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Mar 22nd 2018, 8:30 PM

Boris Johnson says Russia's poisoning denials 'grow increasingly absurd'

The Kremlin has denied its involvement in the poisoning of a former double agent and his daughter in Salisbury.

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Mar 19th 2018, 12:54 PM

# in the cold

Putin records best ever election performance (but western leaders aren't lining up to congratulate him)

So far only close allies have congratulated him as Moscow’s relations with the West disintegrate.

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Mar 19th 2018, 6:50 AM

Ireland 'fully supports' UK's efforts to punish those behind 'heinous' poisoning of former spy

Russia has denied involvement in the poisoning.

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Mar 19th 2018, 6:00 AM

Chemical weapons experts heading to UK in Russia spy case

Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia are in a critical condition.

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Mar 18th 2018, 1:42 PM

Britain to expel 23 Russian diplomats after former double agent poisoned

“The Russian state was culpable of the attempted murder” of spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia, May said.

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Mar 14th 2018, 12:55 PM

# nerve agent

Moscow calls Britain's spy attack accusations a 'dirty attempt to discredit Russia'

The nerve agent Novichok is believed to have been used.

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Mar 13th 2018, 2:40 PM

Theresa May: It is 'highly likely' Russia was responsible for nerve agent spy attack

Sergei Skripal, 66, and his 33-year-old daughter Yulia remain in a critical condition in hospital.

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Mar 12th 2018, 5:25 PM

# Russian Spy

Diners and pubgoers in Salisbury told to wash belongings after traces of poison found

England’s chief medical officer said the risk to the public is low.

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Mar 11th 2018, 4:46 PM

More than 200 witnesses identified in probe into poisoning of Russian ex-spy in UK

One of the police officers who was injured in the attack has said today that he’s “no hero”.

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Mar 10th 2018, 6:12 PM

# Attempted Murder

Spy poisoning in Britain: Who stands to gain?

Sergei Skripal, 66 moved to Britain in a 2010 spy swap.

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Mar 10th 2018, 8:15 AM

Police ask military to help remove objects from scene where former spy was found unconscious

Russia has said the claim it poisoned Sergei Skripal is ‘propaganda’.

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Mar 9th 2018, 11:45 AM

# Spy

UK vows action over ex-spy poisoning as police confirm 21 people hurt

The probe is now an attempted murder investigation.

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Mar 8th 2018, 9:48 PM