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RAF analysts allegedly intercepted a chilling Russian message on the day of the Salisbury nerve agent attack. The message read "the package has been delivered" and added that two people had successfully made an escape, according to a bombshell report. The message was said to have been picked up by a British listening post in southern Cyprus on March 4 — the day ex-Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia were attacked in Salisbury. Deadly Russian-made Novichok nerve agent was smeared on the front door of their £400,000 home, police believe. The message, revealed by the Sunday Express, went on to form part of the British intelligence operation to prove Moscow was behind the botched assassination. Lobbying by British officials saw the West unite in solidarity and boot out more than 120 Russian spies from countries around the world. Insiders are said to have confirmed the source of the message as having been sent from Syria to a "Russian officer" in Moscow. It … [Read more...] about Chilling ‘Russian message’ intercepted on DAY of Sergei Skripal and his daughter poisoned with nerve agent

RUSSIAN ex-spy Sergei Skripal has been discharged from hospital more than two months after the Salisbury nerve agent attack. The 66-year-old was exposed to deadly novichok at his home in March in a suspected botched assassination ordered by the Kremlin. Lorna Wilkinson, director of nursing at the hospital, said: "We have been able to discharge Sergei Skripal. "This is an important stage in his recovery, which will now take place away from the hospital. "Treating him and the other two people poisoned by this nerve agent, while still providing outstanding care to the other patients who rely on our hospital, has been a huge and unprecedented challenge that I'm proud our staff at Salisbury Hospital have risen to." Sergei's daughter Yulia, 33, was released from hospital last month and is under police protection after surviving the attempted hit. Soldiers ​begin the decontamination of areas around Salisbury ​by replac​ing​ 'contaminated' paving where ex-Russian spy … [Read more...] about Poisoned Russian spy Sergei Skripal released from hospital two months after Salisbury novichok attack

TWO Russian spies were reportedly arrested while allegedly on their way to a laboratory testing nerve agent samples from Salisbury. The two suspects -  who are not the same pair suspected over the Sergei Skripal attack - were arrested in The Hague in spring. Intelligence services suspected they were on their way to the Speiz Laboratory in Switzerland, sources told the swiss news organisations Tages-Anzeiger and NRC Handelsblad. The lab is accredited by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), which has been charged with testing the substances used in Salisbury, Amesbury and in Syria. More to follow... For the latest news on this story keep checking back at Sun Online. Thesun.co.uk is your go to destination for the best celebrity news, football news, real-life stories, jaw-dropping pictures and must-see video. Download our fantastic, new and improved free App for the best ever Sun Online experience. For iPhone click here, for … [Read more...] about Russian ‘spies arrested on way to Swiss lab testing Salisbury novichok samples’

On 18th of March Russians will go to the polls to decide who will be the next President. Or indeed if Vladamir Putin will continue on as before. But to move away slightly from the political sphere. What issues concern the voters? Russia has been hit by sanctions in recent years and people here have had to change to adapt. But they’ve not all found it easy. … [Read more...] about How owners of SME’s see the Russian election

World Russia Latvia Baltics Russian military exercises sparked concern in its tiny neighbor Latvia on Wednesday, forcing the Baltic country to close parts of its commercial airspace and grumble about Russian intimidation. Moscow had announced its intention earlier in the week to conduct military drills off of its enclave Kaliningrad, which is located along the Baltic Sea coast. But despite the warning, officials in Latvia said called Russia’s decision to launch live rockets into the sea a “demonstration of force.”   The exercises come just one day after Latvia’s President Raimonds Vejonis met with Donald Trump in Washington and sought further guarantees that the U.S. would help the Baltic States protect their territorial integrity in the case of a Russian invasion. Latvia and its two neighbors Estonia and Lithuania are all part of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), meaning that the U.S. and its other NATO allies would be obligated to protect … [Read more...] about Russian Rockets Force Latvia to Close Airspace After Trump Promised to Sell the Country Military Equipment