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Ex-Russian spy who was MI6 double agent fights for life after ‘being poisoned’ in Salisbury
The Sun ^ | 5 March 2018 | By Olivia Loveridge-Greene and Ellie Cambridge

Posted on 03/05/2018 3:05:04 PM PST by BlackVeil

AN ex-Russian spy who became an MI6 secret agent has been left fighting for his life in hospital after reportedly being poisoned.

Sergei Skripal - who was jailed in 2006 for spying for Britain - collapsed alongside a younger woman in The Maltings shopping area in Salisbury yesterday afternoon. ...

(Excerpt) Read more at thesun.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Russia; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: poison; spy
From Britain - a story worthy of Le Carre.
1 posted on 03/05/2018 3:05:05 PM PST by BlackVeil
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To: null and void

Ping to the list!


2 posted on 03/05/2018 3:09:58 PM PST by BlackVeil ('The past is never dead. It's not even past.' William Faulkner)
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To: BlackVeil

Putin does have a history of poisoning his enemies.


3 posted on 03/05/2018 3:12:17 PM PST by Boogieman
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To: BlackVeil

On Kronos, that is dishonorable....

“Assassination via combat is permitted, but methods that hide one’s identity such as poison are not.”

https://www.trekbbs.com/threads/the-dishonorable-mr-worf.248857/page-2


4 posted on 03/05/2018 3:16:29 PM PST by fishtank (The denial of original sin is the root of liberalism.)
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To: BlackVeil

Arkanzide.


5 posted on 03/05/2018 3:19:08 PM PST by wardamneagle
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To: BlackVeil
SMERSH strikes back. СМЕРть Шпионам
6 posted on 03/05/2018 3:20:05 PM PST by kaehurowing
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To: kaehurowing

The Russian secret services never forget to reward their friends and go after their enemies, no matter how long it takes.

When Trotsky’s killer was released from a Mexican jail in 1962(?), a car from the Soviet embassy was waiting for him.

Stalin was dead, but the services kept their promises to him.


7 posted on 03/05/2018 3:29:54 PM PST by CondorFlight
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To: BlackVeil

Hmmm... What does Bill Browder, author of “Red Notice”, the true story of Sergei Magnitsky, know about this????


8 posted on 03/05/2018 3:33:24 PM PST by browniexyz
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To: Boogieman

“Putin does have a history of poisoning his enemies.”

Oh yoo hoo, over here Mr. Putin....there are a ton of democrats who are your enemies (and ours too).


9 posted on 03/05/2018 3:50:40 PM PST by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: BlackVeil

By a Salisbury steak?


10 posted on 03/05/2018 3:52:41 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: BlackVeil

Maybe he knew secrets about Hillary too, you never know.


11 posted on 03/05/2018 4:28:29 PM PST by ReformedBeckite (1 of 3 I'm only allowing my self each day)
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To: BlackVeil

Steele cleaning up his mess?


12 posted on 03/05/2018 4:52:39 PM PST by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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