Putin tests anti-satellite weapon in space: US and Britain say Russia have ‘threatened peace in space’ and created ‘serious risk’ The United States has described the event as a test of an anti-satellite weapon UK accused Russia of launching a projectile ‘with characteristics of a weapon’ It is first time the Ministry of Defence has … Read more
14 Conservative ministers including six in the cabinet have accepted tens of thousands of pounds in donations from Russian oligarchs including the wife of one of Vladimir Putin’s ex-ministers who played tennis with Boris Johnson, it was revealed today. Senior politicians including Brandon Lewis, Anne-Marie Trevelyan, Robert Buckland, Rishi Sunak and Alok Sharma have all been … Read more
Do we have a corrupt and rotten Establishment teeming with people who are happy to take money from countries that wish us ill, particularly Russia and China? It’s a depressing suggestion. But over the past few weeks we’ve seen more evidence that some of the great and good have – how shall I put it? … Read more
For wealthy foreigners, respectability is the ultimate asset. Buying a mansion on millionaires’ row is only half the job — the real sign that you’ve entered Britain’s high society is by hosting a glamorous party there, thronged with titled bigwigs. And as this week’s scalding Intelligence and Security Committee report on Russia confirmed, their influence … Read more
Two Royal Navy ships intercept missile-carrying Russian Soviet-era submarine in the English Channel – as Moscow is accused of meddling in UK Krasnodar submarine was spotted passing through the Dover Strait by Navy French sea service had tracked the vessel after picking it up in Bay of Biscay Portsmouth’s HMS Tyne shadowed it first as … Read more
Russian goalkeeper, 16, who was struck by lightning while training is BACK on the pitch less than three weeks later – and has signed his first pro contract Ivan Zaborovsky, 16, was struck by lighting while training with his football team The freak accident happened in Orekhovo-Zuevo, near Moscow, in early July A video showed a … Read more
‘Londongrad laundromat’: Oligarch allies of Vladimir Putin have used London to wash illicit Russian money, report warns Britain welcomed Putin’s cronies ‘with open arms’ because of the cash they brought with them, the Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) said Oligarchs penetrated UK democracy by donating to political parties, it said Concluded Russian elites had made … Read more
As I took my seat in the spartan, bug-swept offices of the intelligence and security committee’s anonymous Westminster headquarters in the summer of 2018, my excitement was tempered with trepidation. Since watching the Soviet empire collapse 30 years ago, I had been sounding the alarm about Russia‘s reluctance to give up its dreams of empire. … Read more
Russia ‘tried to influence 2014 Scottish independence referendum but didn’t interfere in the Brexit vote’, long-awaited report on Moscow’s meddling in UK elections will reveal MPs and peers on Intelligence and Security Committee carried out investigation Expected to say not enough was done in Whitehall to establish if Russia meddled Also questions if enough was … Read more
Senior Wirecard executive ‘is hiding in Russia under the protection of GRU intelligence agency’ after the company admitted ‘missing’ £1.7bn never existed Jan Marsalek, COO of Wirecard, vanished as firm collapsed amid claims of fraud Marsalek claimed he was going to Asia, but is thought to have fled to Belarus He is now near Moscow … Read more