A new AMC show dramatizes the 2018 poisoning of a former Russian spy in Britain. Even for a reporter who covered the real events, the four episodes contain revelations.
Author: MICHAEL SCHWIRTZ
Aleksei Navalny, Russian Dissident, Says He Can Walk and Speak Now
The opposition leader jokes that he has recovered enough from being poisoned to scroll Instagram and know where to put the likes.
Aleksei Navalny, Putin Critic, Was Poisoned at Hotel, His Team Says
Aides of the Russian opposition leader collected items from his hotel room in Siberia as soon as he fell ill, according to a video posted on his Instagram account.
U.N. Security Council Rejects U.S. Proposal to Extend Arms Embargo on Iran
The defeat underscored America’s deepening global isolation on Iran. But for the Trump administration, the vote could open a separate path to try to inflict maximum damage on Iran.
Bulgaria Charges 3 Russian Agents in Poisoning Case
The trio, members of a secretive group within Russia’s military intelligence agency, are accused of trying to kill an arms dealer, his son and one of his top executives in 2015.
How a Poisoning in Bulgaria Exposed Russian Assassins in Europe
For years, members of a secret team, Unit 29155, operated without Western security officials having any idea about their activities. But an attack on an arms dealer in Sofia helped blow their cover.
Ukraine’s President: ‘I Wanted to Be World Famous,’ but Not This Way
Volodymyr Zelensky came to office vowing to fight corruption and forge peace. Then came the Trump phone call. Today, in a marathon news conference, he tried to start over.
Top Secret Russian Unit Seeks to Destabilize Europe, Security Officials Say
Known as Unit 29155, the group is skilled in subversion, sabotage and assassination and has only recently become known to Western intelligence agencies.
North Korea Envoy Warns U.S. Over ‘Outrageous’ Ship Seizure
After calling the United States “a gangster country” in a letter to the United Nations secretary general, the North’s ambassador to the world body held a rare news conference to deliver a warning.
Times Insider: Note to Self: When Chasing After Russian Spies, Phone Home
I’ve spent the last year or so trying to dig up novel information about Russia’s intelligence services, particularly the assassins employed by the Kremlin to eliminate enemies of the state. Mom is worried.