All news on the topic: Sergei Skripal

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UK warns hostile states are using young online recruits for sabotage attacks
Shortly after midnight on May 13, 2025, Ukrainian national Roman Lavrynovych messaged someone he knew as ‘EL Money’, a mystery figure who had instructed him to commit three arson attacks on property linked to British Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
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Mask of pharmacy: how the Russian military weaponized civilian labs to perfect lethal nerve agents
According to an investigation by The Insider, Russia has reportedly been testing chemical warfare agents under the guise of a St. Petersburg–based pharmaceutical company known as IFK Silver Pharm.
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Exiled oligarch warns Putin has “chosen the UK as his number one enemy” and is preparing hybrid attacks
Tyrant Vladimir Putin has chosen the UK as his number one enemy and is ready to attack, an exiled Russian oil tycoon has warned.
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FSB colonel tied to doping and poison plots exposed at heart of Russia’s sports machine
FSB colonel Dmitry Kovalev has traveled the world to support Team Russia, sitting with his colleagues in the stands at hockey matches in South Korea and appearing before Swiss courts to argue.
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’Generating Mayhem’: British Citizen Dylan Earl recruited via Telegram for Arson Attack on aid warehouse for Ukraine
Vladimir Putin has moved on from ‘revenge hits’ to pursuing his war aims on the streets of the UK, according to a seasoned intelligence expert.
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MI5 veteran: UK ‘already at war’ with Russia
The former head of MI5 has warned that we may be ’already at war with Russia’ as Vladimir Putin launched a brutal 12-hour bombardment of Kyiv.
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Ex-police officer describes hallucinations after novichok poisoning at Sturgess inquiry
Nick Bailey, who went to Sergei Skripal’s home, describes visions of a ‘tsunami of pure heat and fire’ near his eyes
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UK sanctions Russian military officer linked to Salisbury novichok poisoning in new crackdown on the Kremlin
Dozens of new sanctions have been placed on people and entities linked to Russia, including companies in China, Turkey and central Asia supplying parts for military equipment used in Ukraine.
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Boy fell ill after former spy assisted him in feeding ducks
A boy fell ill after coming into contact with Sergei Skripal the day he and his daughter Yulia were poisoned with Novichock, it has been revealed.
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How Putin hijacked Austria’s spy service — and is now gunning for its government
Intelligence officials suspect Wirecard COO Jan Marsalek of colluding with the far-right Freedom Party on Moscow’s behalf.
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The Czech illegals: Husband and wife outed as GRU spies aiding bombings and poisonings across Europe
GRU Unit 29155, Russia’s assassination and sabotage squad, blew up ammunition warehouses in Czechia. It had help from Elena and Nikolai Šapošnikov, a family of deep-cover spies working as arms dealers.
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Where Sergei Skripal and daughter are now after Salisbury poisoning 6 years ago
Six years ago, former Russian military officer and double spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter were poisoned in the quiet city of Salisbury - but where are they now?
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Pay row at chemical weapons lab is national security issue, whistleblower claims
Workers at Porton Down are being balloted for strike action with the result set to be announced on Monday. The lab was used to analyse the novichok that poisoned Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia
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High-ranking Russian officials escape Putin's grasp to defect to the West
Vladimir Osechkin knows the risks of defying Vladimir Putin and the Russian state after would-be assassins invaded his home and tried to kill his family before he escaped to France in 2015