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Dissident author warns Russians in Europe to be on guard
AFP, Published on 20/10/2023
» FRANKFURT - Russian author Sergei Lebedev's novel "Untraceable", about an undetectable toxin used to target Kremlin critics, was released a few years ago but has taken on added resonance as alleged poisonings have multiplied.
'Organs failing': Russian activist's poisoning ordeal
AFP, Published on 03/10/2023
» PARIS - When Natalia Arno stands up for any length of time, her right side goes numb, as do her back and her face.
Ukraine war increases chemical weapons threat: watchdog
AFP, Published on 28/11/2022
» THE HAGUE - Russia's invasion of Ukraine has increased the threat from weapons of mass destruction including chemical munitions, the head of the world's toxic arms watchdog said on Monday.
Hacking gang targeted Qatar World Cup critics
AFP, Published on 06/11/2022
» LONDON - An India-based computer hacking gang targeted critics of the Qatar World Cup, an investigation by British journalists said on Sunday, as the Qatari government furiously denied it had played any part in commissioning the eavesdropping.
UK opens inquiry into death of woman caught up in Skripal attack
AFP, Published on 18/11/2021
» LONDON: Britain announced on Thursday a public inquiry into the death of Dawn Sturgess, who was exposed to nerve agent Novichok after the poisoning of former double agent Sergei Skripal in 2018.
Enough proof to charge third Russian over 2018 attack: UK
AFP, Published on 21/09/2021
» LONDON: British police on Tuesday said there was enough evidence to charge a third Russian man with the Novichok poisoning of former double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in the English city of Salisbury in 2018.
Briton arrested in Germany for 'spying for Russia'
AFP, Published on 12/08/2021
» BERLIN - A British man suspected of spying for Russia in exchange for cash has been arrested in Germany, prosecutors said Wednesday, in a highly unusual case compared to a Cold War thriller.
Prague gives Moscow ultimatum to let Czech diplomats return
AFP, Published on 22/04/2021
» PRAGUE - The Czech government on Wednesday warned Moscow it might expel more Russian diplomats unless the 20 Czech nationals ejected from Russia were allowed to return to work with a day.
Czechs threaten to expel all Russian diplomats
AFP, Published on 21/04/2021
» PRAGUE - The Czech Republic on Tuesday threatened to expel all Russian diplomats from Prague, accusing Moscow of orchestrating an "unprecedented terror attack" on Czech territory in 2014.
Moscow lashes out after Prague accuses Skripal suspects over deadly blast
AFP, Published on 19/04/2021
» MOSCOW - Tensions between Moscow and Prague spiralled Sunday with Russia ordering out 20 diplomats, a day after the Czech Republic accused the suspects in the Skripal poisoning of being behind a deadly 2014 explosion on its soil.