The wife of a popular rap singer who is accused of murdering her husband and reportedly chopping up his body and keeping it in a fridge in their home appeared in court today. The dismembered body of artist Andy Cartwright, 30, was found in his flat in Russia and his wife claimed he had died of a … Read more
Why is Putin’s banker hiding out in a French chateau? Russian billionaire uses legal loophole to evade extradition to UK where he faces jail Russian oligarch facing jail remains in chateau as authorities fail to haul him back Sergei Pugachev was sentenced to two years in his absence by a judge in 2016 Once known … Read more
British businesses were forced to pay out more than £200 million in ransoms to cybercriminal gangs last year, it has been revealed. High profile companies including smartwatch maker Garmin, foreign exchange giant Travelex and the National Trust have been targeted with malicious software by hackers, many from Russia or Eastern European countries. They have then … Read more
When Russian President Vladimir Putin was preparing for last month’s nationwide vote on potentially extending his rule until 2036, he let the veil slip on part of the calculation behind the constitutional change. ‘If this doesn’t happen, then in about two years – and I know this from personal experience – the normal rhythm of … Read more
President Vladimir Putin said the Russian navy will get 40 new ships this year, as he attended a naval parade in St Petersburg on Sunday marking the country’s Navy Day. The parade in the port city and the nearby town of Kronshtadt featured 200 ships and vessels and over 4,000 troops and aimed to ‘demonstrate … Read more
UK will defend itself against Chinese and Russian space weapons in biggest military shake-up since the Cold War, warns defence secretary Ben Wallace said it will be a ‘pivoting away’ from focus on conventional warfare He will look to ‘operate more in the newest domains of space, cyber and sub-sea’ It comes after the UK … Read more
We can’t say we weren’t warned, can we? The streets of London — and other big cities too — are swarming with Russian spooks. Some of them much scarier than others. The sort who might jab Russia‘s enemies with the poisoned tip of an umbrella or smear a deadly nerve agent on a door handle. … Read more
British satellites are ‘inherently vulnerable’ to attack, former space chief warns as he calls for legally-binding treaty on space weapons Sir Chris Deverell said the weaponisation of space was bad news for everyone Former head of UK Joint Forces Command said Russia is not alone in developing these weapons Moscow fired a missile-like weapon from its … Read more
Judges have ruled that a coroner wrongly narrowed the scope of an inquest into the death of a woman poisoned by the nerve agent Novichok. Dawn Sturgess, 44, died in hospital in Salisbury, Wiltshire, in July 2018 after handling a perfume bottle containing a chemical poison. Judges heard that the mother was exposed to the … Read more
The release of the long-awaited Russia report this week revealed the grip the country has on the UK, from PR firms, charities, political interests, academia and cultural institutions. The Intelligence and Security Committee of MPs warned that ‘Russian influence in the UK is the new normal’, claiming that oligarchs and their money were welcomed into British … Read more