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Sergei Skripal

In this Sunday, Feb. 26, 2017 file photo, People gather in memory of opposition leader Boris Nemtsov, portrait in center, in St. Petersburg, Russia. Once deputy prime minister under Boris Yeltsin, Nemtsov was a popular politician and harsh critic of Putin. On a cold February night in 2015, he was gunned down by assailants on a bridge adjacent to the Kremlin as he walked with his girlfriend in a death that sent shockwaves across the country. (AP/Dmitri Lovetsky, file)
August 26, 2023, 3:01 am
Nerve agents, poison and window falls: How Kremlin foes have been attacked or killed
Litvinenko, Navalny, Nemtsov, Politkovskaya, Prigozhin… Over the years, a stream of political critics, turncoat spies, investigative journalists have been murdered or assaulted
By Dasha Litvinova
People light candles at the site of the April 7 shooting attack in Tel Aviv, Israel, April 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
April 10, 2022, 2:12 pm
Daily Briefing April 10: A terror attack shuts down Israel’s nonstop city. What now?
Editor David Horovitz on the crumbling coalition and an enlightening trip to Salisbury; military correspondent Emanuel Fabian updates us on Thursday night’s shooting in Tel Aviv
By ToI Staff
In this May 10, 2002, file photo former KGB spy Alexander Litvinenko is photographed at his home in London. (AP Photo/Alistair Fuller)
September 21, 2021, 6:05 pm
European court rules Russia responsible for killing of defector Litvinenko
Former KGB agent died in London in 2006 after drinking tea laced with radioactive material; UK charging 3rd suspect in 2018 nerve agent attack on ex-Russian agent Sergei Skripal
By AP
This Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018 file photo shows the website for British investigative group Bellingcat with one of the two suspects in the March poisoning of Sergei Skripal and his daughter in England. (AP/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
July 28, 2019, 5:59 am
Sophisticated phishing attack targets reporters investigating Kremlin
Journalists from Bellingcat, which uncovered Russian agents who poisoned spy, say hackers tried to steal ProtonMail credentials, urge Switzerland to investigate
By Ben Simon
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov enters a hall during his meeting with Italian Foreign Minister Enzo Moavero in Moscow, Russia, Monday, October 8, 2018 (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)
October 9, 2018, 12:42 am
Russia dismisses suspected spy hacking as routine trip to The Hague
Sergey Lavrov denies 4 people tried to break into chemical weapons watchdog computer system; investigative group says suspect in UK poisoning is a doctor for Russian intelligence
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV and Gregory Katz
British Defense Secretary Gavin Williamson prior to attend a NATO defense ministerial meeting at NATO headquarters in Brussels on October 4, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / Emmanuel DUNAND)
October 4, 2018, 1:15 pm
UK minister slams ‘pariah state’ Russia over worldwide cyber attacks campaign
Ahead of NATO talks, Gavin Williamson says Moscow’s ‘reckless and indiscriminate’ attacks have isolated it from the international community
By AFP
Alexander Petrov, left, and Ruslan Boshirov, right, were charged by British prosecutors with the nerve agent poisoning of ex-spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in the English city of Salisbury. (Metropolitan Police)
September 30, 2018, 1:00 am
UK authorities said to suspect 3rd Russian operative in Skripal poisoning
Security services reportedly believe GRU agent went on reconnaissance mission before attempted murder of ex-spy in Salisbury
By ToI Staff
In this video grab provided by the RT channel, Ruslan Boshirov, left, and Alexander Petrov attend their first public appearance in an interview with the Kremlin-funded RT channel in Moscow, Russia, September 13, 2018. (RT channel video via AP)
September 26, 2018, 11:26 pm
Skripal poisoning suspect is colonel in Russian military intelligence
British investigative website Bellingcat alleges nerve agent poisoning suspect ‘Ruslan Boshirov’ is in fact decorated ex-special forces officer Anatoly Chepiga
By AFP
Anna Shapiro and Alex King, in a photo posted on Instagram in 2015 (Anna Shapiro / Instagram)
September 23, 2018, 12:44 am
Russian-Israeli model denies hoax in English spy poisoning saga
Anna Shapiro prompted security alert when she claimed she and husband targeted by Moscow in same city where Russia allegedly used nerve agent Novichok
By ToI Staff and AP
In this video grab provided by the RT channel, Ruslan Boshirov, left, and Alexander Petrov attend their first public appearance in an interview with the Kremlin-funded RT channel in Moscow, Russia, September 13, 2018. (RT channel video via AP)
September 21, 2018, 5:34 am
Russian spy poisoner suspect said to have been in Tel Aviv in 2016
Charged in UK with poisoning Skripals, Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov’s passports show them to be GRU agents, investigative website reports
By ToI Staff and AP
A sign warning of CCTV-controlled area is seen next to the Spiez Laboratory, Swiss Federal Institute for NBC-Protection (nuclear, biological, chemical), on September 14, 2018 in Spiez, 40km from the capital Bern (AFP PHOTO / Fabrice COFFRINI)
September 14, 2018, 5:33 pm
Dutch say they arrested 2 Russians planning to hack Swiss chemical warfare lab
Alleged spies caught as institute was analyzing data on Novichok poison used in UK attack, as well as on chemical attacks in Syria
By Jan Hennop
In this video grab provided by the RT channel, Ruslan Boshirov, left, and Alexander Petrov attend their first public appearance in an interview with the Kremlin-funded RT channel in Moscow, Russia, September 13, 2018. (RT channel video via AP)
September 14, 2018, 5:16 pm
UK poisoning suspects’ ‘tourism’ claims raise eyebrows… even in Russia
Newspapers question why two men suspected in attack on spy Sergei Skripal were unable to provide satisfactory details about their work or private lives
By Theo Merz
In this video grab provided by the RT channel, Ruslan Boshirov, left, and Alexander Petrov attend their first public appearance in an interview with the Kremlin-funded RT channel in Moscow, Russia, September 13, 2018. (RT channel video via AP)
September 13, 2018, 3:10 pm
Spy poison case: Suspects say they were in UK as tourists
In TV interview, Ruslan Boshirov and Alexander Petrov, accused by Britain of attempted murder of Skripals, say they wanted to visit Salisbury Cathedral
By AP
Russian President Vladimir Putin gives a speech at the plenary session of the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok on September 12, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV)
September 12, 2018, 11:50 am
Putin says two Skripal poisoning suspects are civilians and not criminals
Russian president calls on Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov, wanted by UK, to come forward and show they did not commit any crime
By AFP
This combination photo made available by the Metropolitan Police on September 5, 2018, shows Alexander Petrov, left, and Ruslan Boshirov. (Metropolitan Police via AP)
September 7, 2018, 12:57 am
Britain points finger at Putin over spy poisoning
US, France, Germany and Canada have ‘full confidence’ in UK’s assessment that Moscow behind attempted murder of Skripal; Russia denies it
By Alice Ritchie and Theo Merz
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