Russia’s Putin Calls Poisoned Ex-Spy ‘Scumbag,’ Traitor
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday called Sergei Skripal, the ex-spy who was poisoned with a military grade nerve agent in Britain, a traitor and a “scumbag.”
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Pentagon: Packages That May Contain Ricin Found on Grounds
A Pentagon spokesman says authorities found at least two packages suspected of containing ricin, a poison made from castor beans.
Read moreKremlin Urges Britain to Share Its Poisoning Case Suspicions
The Kremlin said Friday it expects Britain to say what it knows about the identity of the two suspects in the nerve agent poisoning of a former Russian spy so that Russian officials can launch an investigation.
Read moreRussian Paper: Villagers ID Russian Suspect in UK Poisoning
Russia’s respected Kommersant daily has interviewed residents in a small village in the Far East who have identified one of the suspects in the poisoning of an ex-Russian spy in Britain as a senior Russian intelligence agent.
Read moreGerman Doctors: Pussy Riot Poisoning ‘Highly Plausible’
By FRANK JORDANS BERLIN (AP) — German doctors treating a member of Russian protest group Pussy Riot said Tuesday that
Read moreKremlin: Britain Could Ask to Interrogate Poisoning Suspects
Russia is ready to consider a request by British investigators to come and interrogate the two men accused of poisoning a former spy, the Kremlin said Friday.
Read moreSpy Case Suspects Say They Were in UK as Tourists
The two Russian men charged in Britain with poisoning a former Russian spy with a deadly nerve agent appeared on Kremlin-funded television on Thursday, denying their involvement in the attack and saying that their appearance in the English city of Salisbury was merely an “incredible, fatal coincidence.”
Read morePutin Says Russia Identified Suspects in Novichok Poisoning
President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that Russia has identified the two men that Britain named as suspects in the poisoning of a former Russian spy, and that there is “nothing criminal” about them.
Read moreImplicated in Russian Murders, Scientist Sues State-Run News
Portrayed as a dissident and a killer on state-run news in Russia, a microbiologist from New Jersey brought a federal complaint for damages against Channel One Russia and RT America.
Read moreBritain Charges 2 Russians Over Novichok Poisoning
British officials announced Wednesday that they have charged two alleged Russian military intelligence agents with the nerve agent poisoning of ex-spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in the English city of Salisbury — though they held out little hope of being able to bring them to justice.
Read moreJudge Finds Conspiracy to Kill Kim With VX, Women to Testify
Two women accused in the brazen assassination of the North Korean leader’s half brother were told Thursday to make their defense after a Malaysian judge found evidence they participated in a “well-planned conspiracy” to kill, extending their murder trial until next year.
Read moreMerkel, Putin Share a Headache: Donald Trump
By DAVID McHUGH, Associated Press FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Russia’s President Vladimir Putin will have plenty
Read moreNew Russia Sanctions Over Poisoning of Former Spy, Daughter
New sanctions against Russia will be imposed later this month for illegally using a chemical weapon in an attempted assassination of a former spy and his daughter in Britain earlier this year, the United States said.
Read moreGermany: Ricin Plot Suspect’s Wife Arrested as Accomplice
German authorities on Tuesday arrested the wife of a Tunisian man detained last month over a plot to use the toxin ricin to carry out an attack in Germany, alleging that she was an accomplice.
Read moreInquest Opens Into British Woman Poisoned by Nerve Agent
A coroner has opened an inquest into the poisoning death of a British woman who was exposed to the nerve agent Novichok.
Read more2nd Novichok Poisoning Likely Not Deliberate, Police Say
British officials investigating a second case of poisoning with the nerve agent Novichok in southwestern England said Thursday they suspect the victims were not directly targeted but sickened as a consequence of the previous attack.
Read moreProsecutor: Tunisian Allegedly Made Ricin for German Attack
A 29-year-old man is suspected of planning an Islamic extremist plot to carry out an attack in Germany using the deadly toxin ricin, which was thwarted by authorities who raided his Cologne apartment, federal prosecutors said Thursday.
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A Texas couple claims in court that their son, 19-year-old Christopher Haley, died in June 2016 because of a cyanide leak from Rohm and Hass and Dow Chemical Co.’s plant in Deer Park, Texas.
Read moreRussia: Chemical Watchdog Report Doesn’t Back British Claim
Russia’s foreign minister says a new report on the poisoning of a former spy does nothing to support Britain’s contention that Russia was behind the attack.
Read moreChemical Watchdog Confirms Ex-Spy Poisoned With Nerve Agent
The international chemical weapons watchdog on Thursday confirmed Britain’s finding that a former spy and his daughter were poisoned with a nerve agent, as Russia continues to deny suggestions that it was behind the attack.
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