The Litvinenko murder shocked the UK but it was Salisbury that finally forced reform. New research reveals why.
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Most of Vladimir Putin’s opponents are either dead, in jail or in exile. But it might just be ordinary people who can take over the battle for democracy in Russia.
Opposing the Russian president appears as dangerous in today’s Russia as back in the days of the Stalin purges and show trials.
Those placing their faith in sanctions to turn Russians against the war in Ukraine know little about the country, its history and people, write two scholars who have studied Russian culture.
The European court of human rights has found the Russian state responsible for Litvinenko’s death by poisoning.
States are increasingly using assassination to guard against the twin threats of terrorism and weapons of mass destruction.
The Skripal case shows how Russian intelligence services have the confidence to carry out shoddy operations, seemingly unconcerned about whether or not they will be discovered.
Donald Trump admires Russian President Vladimir Putin. But Putin’s track record over his career reveals a serial liar, and presents damning evidence of complicity in multiple critics’ violent deaths.
Putin’s personal involvement is speculative, but report findings will cast a long shadow over Anglo-Russian relations.
A public inquiry says the murder of the former Russian spy was probably approved by Vladimir Putin. So how will the UK react?
Polonium’s chemical properties made it the ideal secret weapon for the assassins of Alexander Litvinenko.
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