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Investigations continue into the nerve agent attack on Sergei Skripal and his daughter. Andrew Matthews/PA Wire

Russian spy attack: why Britain is limited in how it responds to Russia

LONDON,  March 13, 2018 - It is “highly likely” that Russia was to blame for the attack on former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter using a deadly nerve agent, British Prime Minister Theresa May told MPs. The government is now waiting for a response from Russian diplomats before formulating its response, though Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov has already denied the country is to blame.
Investigating the possible scene of the crime in Salisbury. EPA/Gerry Penny

Sergei Skripal and the long history of assassination attempts abroad

Whitehall sources had been claiming that the suspected poisoning of former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal was being treated as a state-sponsored Russian assassination attempt. Now British prime minister, Theresa May, has said officially that it is “highly likely” to have been ordered by Moscow after the nerve agent used was found to have been of a military grade developed by Russia.
Russia Issues Protected Mobile Phones to Top Officers

Russia Issues Protected Mobile Phones to Top Officers

Moscow, Feb 22 (Prensa Latina) The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation are issuing their high-ranking military officers new ''Atlas'' M-66S mobile phones, manufactured in the country, and capable of encrypting messages and communications, the capital''s press said today.
This Is No ‘New Cold War’; It’s Far Worse Than That

This Is No ‘New Cold War’; It’s Far Worse Than That

NOVEMBER 5, 2016 - Here is the reason why we are currently even closer to a civilization-ending nuclear war than was the case during the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962: During the Cold War, the two sides agreed that any war between the capitalist side and the communist side would escalate to nuclear war between the US and the USSR and constitute Mutually Assured Destruction (M.A.D.).
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