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British defense secretary says Russia trying to divide Britain from allies

Mar 26, 2018 10:22

Britain's defense secretary says that Russian President Vladimir Putin is trying to divide the UK from its allies, yet the world stands united behind the British in a "powerful message to the Kremlin."
EU recalls envoy to Moscow, members expelling Russian diplomats

Mar 23, 2018 04:47

The EU recalls its envoy to Russia over a nerve agent attack on British soil as several members of the bloc consider expelling Russian diplomats.
Theresa May to EU leaders of Russia’s ‘threat’

Mar 22, 2018 00:34

British Prime Minister Theresa May will warn European leaders of Russia’s “threat” to the EU member states after accusing Moscow of using the Novichok nerve agent on the UK soil.
Russia says UK may be behind ex-spy chemical attack

Mar 22, 2018 00:24

Russia says Britain may have been behind the poisoning of a former double agent and his daughter, deepening the diplomatic crisis between London and Moscow.
Lavrov warns Britain against more anti-Russia measures

Mar 21, 2018 06:25

Russia’s top diplomat warns Britain against more measures against Moscow over allegations of its involved in the poisoning of an ex-spy and his daughter, vowing that his country would “hit back” if London fails to stop such a trend.
Russia, UK trade barbs over ex-spy poisoning

Mar 19, 2018 10:03

Russia and the UK have engaged in a war of words over allegations of Moscow’s role in the poisoning of a former spy and his daughter using a nerve agent in a British town, with President Putin dismissing the claims as “nonsense” and “absurd.”
‘Neither Soviet Union, nor Russia perform research codenamed Novichok’

Mar 18, 2018 14:22

Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said neither the Soviet Union nor Russia has ever carried out research to develop a substance codenamed Novichok.
‘UK has evidence Russia stockpiling Novichok for 10 years’

Mar 18, 2018 10:39

British Foreign Minister Boris Johnson said the United Kingdom will give the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) samples of poisoning substance used in former Russian intelligence officer Sergei Skripal's case.
May to Russia: UK won't tolerate threat to Britons

Mar 18, 2018 09:59

British Prime Minister Theresa May has warned Russia that the UK will not tolerate any move that threatens the life of Britons.
UK’s Irish border remains a Brexit hurdle: EU sources

Mar 17, 2018 16:20

European officials have emphasized any transition agreement on Britain’s exit from the European Union is contingent upon finding a solution to the Irish border as part of a wider Brexit deal with the EU.