While some politicians are reluctant to point the finger, the UK press does when it comes to the Sergei Skripal affair. This poisoning has the chilling echo of the Alexander Litvinenko assassination in 2006. A 2016 report by the former judge Robert Owen concluded that two KGB agents, Andrei Lugovoi and Dmitry Kovtun murdered Alexander Litvinenko.
Mr Litvinenko was poisoned by tea laced with polonium 210, a radioactive substance that points to a Russian state authorized assassination.
In 2012 Alexander Perepilichnyy, a key witness in a large tax fraud investigation involving corrupt Russian officials, collapsed and died at his Surrey home.
Now Russian involvement in 14 deaths is suspected, which has been raised in the House of Commons yesterday and in the press.
The use of sophisticated poisons points to the Kremlin's weapon of choice in covert warfare, according to security analysts. It is believed that the Russians have at least three categories of poison, and new toxins are being developed.
Mr Litvinenko was poisoned by tea laced with polonium 210, a radioactive substance that points to a Russian state authorized assassination.
In 2012 Alexander Perepilichnyy, a key witness in a large tax fraud investigation involving corrupt Russian officials, collapsed and died at his Surrey home.
Now Russian involvement in 14 deaths is suspected, which has been raised in the House of Commons yesterday and in the press.
The use of sophisticated poisons points to the Kremlin's weapon of choice in covert warfare, according to security analysts. It is believed that the Russians have at least three categories of poison, and new toxins are being developed.
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So now we know it was a rare and sophisticated nerve agent, probably used by Russian agents. Who benefits? Who has access to this type of weapon? The Russian Government denies any involvement in this attempted murder. Sergei Skripal is not expected to survive the assassination attempt, but his daughter Yulla could recover. A Wiltshire policeman who attended to the Skripals is being treated in intensive care.
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