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.
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What Is Novichok, The Russian Nerve Agent Detected in Navalny Poisoning?
For decades, scientists, spies and chemical weapons specialists have known about and feared the lethal substance.
What Is Novichok, the Nerve Agent Tied to Navalny Poisoning?
For decades, scientists, spies and chemical weapons specialists have known about and feared the lethal toxin.
U.K. Ignored Russia’s Interference in Democratic System, Report Finds
Russian efforts to interfere in the British political system were widely ignored by successive governments, according to a long-awaited report by Parliament.
‘No One’ Protected British Democracy From Russia, U.K. Report Concludes
Russia weaponized information to interfere in the British political system and was widely ignored by successive governments, according to a long-awaited report by Parliament.
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.
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.
Novichok Sickened 2nd British Officer, Police Say
The police officer, who was not identified, was exposed to the Soviet-developed nerve agent that was used to attack a former Russian spy last year.
‘Third Man’ in Skripal Attack Was Link to Moscow, Investigative Group Says
Independent Bellingcat researchers traced phone use by Denis Sergeyev, who is believed to have coordinated the nerve-agent attack on the former Russian spy Sergei V. Skripal.
Putin Makes a Splash at the G20 Summit
In an interview with the Financial Times newspaper, the Russian president declared that the “liberal idea” was “obsolete.”