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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-43295134
A man who is critically ill after being exposed to an unknown substance in Wiltshire is a Russian national convicted of spying for Britain, the BBC understands.
Sergei Skripal, who is 66, was granted refuge in the UK following a "spy swap" between the US and Russia in 2010.
He and a woman in her 30s were found unconscious on a bench at a shopping centre in Salisbury on Sunday afternoon.
The substance has not been identified.
Police are investigating whether a crime has been committed, following the incident at the Maltings shopping centre.
Col Skripal, who is a retired Russian military intelligence officer, was jailed for 13 years in 2006 for spying for Britain.
He was convicted of passing the identities of Russian intelligence agents working undercover in Europe to the UK's Secret Intelligence Service, MI6.
Russia said Col Skripal had been paid $100,000 for the information, which he had been supplying from the 1990s.
He was one of four prisoners released by Moscow in exchange for 10 US spies in 2010, as part of a swap. Col Skripal was later flown to the UK.
He and a woman, aged in her 30s, are both in intensive care at Salisbury District Hospital.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-43295134
A man who is critically ill after being exposed to an unknown substance in Wiltshire is a Russian national convicted of spying for Britain, the BBC understands.
Sergei Skripal, who is 66, was granted refuge in the UK following a "spy swap" between the US and Russia in 2010.
He and a woman in her 30s were found unconscious on a bench at a shopping centre in Salisbury on Sunday afternoon.
The substance has not been identified.
Police are investigating whether a crime has been committed, following the incident at the Maltings shopping centre.
Col Skripal, who is a retired Russian military intelligence officer, was jailed for 13 years in 2006 for spying for Britain.
He was convicted of passing the identities of Russian intelligence agents working undercover in Europe to the UK's Secret Intelligence Service, MI6.
Russia said Col Skripal had been paid $100,000 for the information, which he had been supplying from the 1990s.
He was one of four prisoners released by Moscow in exchange for 10 US spies in 2010, as part of a swap. Col Skripal was later flown to the UK.
He and a woman, aged in her 30s, are both in intensive care at Salisbury District Hospital.
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These Russians dont mess about.
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Putin strikes again
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Not me Guv !¬
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wonder if we'll get a tweet from the POTUS condemning this? how strange if there isn't one...
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A_T , or we have done it to give Putin more bad press
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nobody from Russia should be allowed onto British soil
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Bit of a coincidence after last nights Endeavour
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last seen eating fkc chicken and chips
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nah..would've been a lot more tom & dick if he'd been eating that sh1t
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BBC 2 now :
The woman found slumped on a shopping centre bench alongside a former Russian agent convicted of spying for Britain is his daughter, it has emerged. Yulia Skripal, in her 30s, and father Sergei, 66, are critically ill in hospital after being found unconscious in Salisbury, Wiltshire, on Sunday. UK police are trying to find out what "unknown substance" harmed the pair. A number of emergency services workers were assessed immediately after the incident - and one remains in hospital. Russia insisted it had "no information" on what could have led to the incident, but said it was open to co-operate in the police investigation if requested. Putin, power and poison: Russia’s elite FSB spy club Former agent Mr Skripal, whose wife, son and older brother have all died in the past two years, was granted refuge in the UK following a "spy swap" in 2010. Dmitry Peskov, Russian President Vladimir Putin's spokesman, told journalists that Moscow was prepared to help with the investigation. "We see this tragic situation but we don't have information on what could have led to this, what he was engaged in," he said. Police are currently examining CCTV footage, filmed by a Salisbury gym, showing an unidentified man and woman walking near to the location where Mr Skripal and his daughter were found. |
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Chris Bryant, MP : "Russians have been allowed to get away with murder on our soil"
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Jackanory, jackanory, Don’t listen to it, don’t watch it,don’t read about it,........ that’s what they want....
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Chris Bryant, MP : "Police are under pressure not to fully investigate Russian deaths"
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@t least james bond shot them thru the head
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2018/mar/06/russian-spy-incident-counter-terrorist-police-investigate-live-updates Boris Johnson suggested that, if Russia were found to be involved in the Skripal case, England would boycott the World Cup. In those circumstances, he said: “I think it will be difficult to see how UK representation at the World Cup can go ahead.”  |
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Maybe the World Cup should be moved to UK !
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...with Russia banned ....oc !
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Foreign Office rowing back now :
Source close to Boris says he meant 'officials and dignitaries' (and potentially ministers) not going to World Cup, NOT 'our boys' in the England team. 'He was trying to show the range of hard and soft power available to show our international displeasure' |
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Throw the Russians out of the country back to their own land.
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Throw the Russians out of the country back to their own land.
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Involving his daughter is disgusting and shows what filth we are dealing with !
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Repossess all Russian assets with no compensation and kick them all out of UK
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Britains nature is inclined to treat everyone well, that I think we have discovered is a mistake when dealing with Russia
Not every country is as civilised as Britain, the only answer is to ban them or throw them in jail |
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IF the World Cup is played in Russia something BIG is likely to happen imo. Not England winning btw
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Is there any evidence yet
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https://www.rt.com/news/420618-kremlin-uk-former-spy/
Just looked it up outside of our media |
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^ give them a chance to investigate ffs
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rt.com that well known source of unbiased news
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That's why I asked the question because somebody might've heard something I haven't settle down
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It's best to look at more than one source you seem a little angry for no reason
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I am sorry to say both Sergei Skripal and his daughter, will die from their ingestion
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Nothing has been proven yet
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We probably should remember that this guy was a Double Agent and will probably have bumped off his fair share in similar fashion
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http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/sergei-skripal
-russian-spy-poisoning-nerve-agent-daughter -yulia-police-officer-condition-latest-a8244571.html Time to tell the entire Russian Embassy to shuts its doors and fack off home, taking their oligarchs with them. |
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There's no way of knowing at the moment whether it was the Russian government. Could be any one of a number of Russian enemies he made during his years as a spy. It's a dangerous occupation and he betrayed his country for cash.
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Policeman also seriously ill
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Boris should sent them packing.
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