U.K. Poisoning Inquiry Turns to Russian Agency in Mueller Indictments
Source: The New York Times
By Ellen Barry, Michael Schwirtz and Eric Schmitt
July 15, 2018
LONDON The same Russian military intelligence service now accused of disrupting the 2016 presidential election in America may also be responsible for the nerve agent attack in Britain against a former Russian spy an audacious poisoning that led to a geopolitical confrontation this spring between Moscow and the West.
British investigators believe the March 4 attack on the former spy, Sergei V. Skripal, and his daughter, Yulia, was most probably carried out by current or former agents of the service, known as the G.R.U., who were sent to his home in southern England, according to one British official, one American official and one former American official familiar with the inquiry, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss intelligence.
British officials are now closing in on identifying the individuals they believe carried out the operation, said the former American official. At the same time, investigators have not ruled out the possibility that another Russian intelligence agency, or a privatized spinoff, could be responsible.
President Trump and President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia are to hold a much-scrutinized meeting on Monday in Helsinki, Finland. For months, Mr. Trump has angrily belittled the special counsel investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election. But on Friday, the Justice Department announced a bombshell indictment of 12 G.R.U. officers in the hacking of internal communications of the Democratic National Committee and the Clinton presidential campaign.
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/15/world/europe/uk-skripal-russia-novichok.html
sandensea
(21,664 posts)Pachamama
(16,887 posts)sandensea
(21,664 posts)The witness of the decade at least.
underthematrix
(5,811 posts)who specializes in violent crime, including street crimes. We don't how many people were killed to get Trump into the White House or to mange the cover up.
BumRushDaShow
(129,447 posts)SallyHemmings
(1,822 posts)He will be on the list Diaper Don gives to his handler. I hope he doesnt wear Trump gloves.
Maxheader
(4,374 posts)think we (usofa) should cozy up to the commy bastards.
However those people were born without brains..
Nero Mero
(52 posts)Right now.
Snellius
(6,881 posts)The Times is just linking in general to the GRU. Not to specific members indicted in Mueller investigation. The headline tends to throw out the dots but doesn't connect them.