BY PUTIN TOO
Contact warned him of nerve gas hidden in e-cigs Chapman blasts ‘traitor’ Skripal as he spends 7th day in a coma
Relaxing on beach briefed that the hit had been a success.” And he reveals other names on a hit list he has been given by his contact.
OLEG GORDIEVSKY, 79: Britain’s top Cold War double agent spirited out of Russia in 1985 in the boot of a Ford saloon.
BILL BROWDER, 53: Us-born Brit financier banned from Russia for fraud, but he claims it was for exposing corruption.
IGOR SUTYAGIN, 53: Russian nuclear
who betrays this regime faces death. And even if Putin does not order the killings, it’s inconceivable he doesn’t approve them. Meanwhile he has revamped the military and expanded Russia’s influence into Ukraine and Crimea. Russia carries out cyber POISONED Sergei Skripal was yesterday branded a “traitor” by fellow Russian spy Anna Chapman.
Chapman – who was traded for Skripal when she was unmasked by the FBI in 2010 – ranted on Instagram as he and his daughter spent a seventh day in a coma.
She wrote: “As always Russia is guilty by default...despite the fact that traitor Skripal was pardoned by the President and released.
“When investigating any murder, the first issue is the motive of the crime. Who benefits from it? In any case, Russia is definitely not interested in such scandal. Does the West need proof to blame Russia?”
Chapman, 36, hit out as Skripal, 66, and daughter Yulia, 33, remained in a critical condition in Salisbury District Hospital.
Detective Sergeant Nick Bailey, who rushed weapons specialist accused of spying for UK. Spy-swapped in 2010 along with Skirpal.
YURI SHVETS, 65: EX-KGB major who defected to America in 1994. A key witness in the poisoning of Litvinenko.
CHRISTOPHER STEELE, 53: Former MI6 officer who claimed Russian spies to their aid, was in a serious but stable condition. The job of treating the trio is so dangerous that only a small number of medics are allowed to take part. Home Secretary Amber Rudd, who chaired a Cobra meeting yesterday to discuss the poisoning, said police had identified more than 200 witnesses and were looking at 240 pieces of evidence. Chemical warfare teams were seen testing for nerve agents at the graves of Skripal’s wife and son. One theory is that the poison was in the flowers he and his daughter left at the grave. Soldiers entered Zizzi restaurant where the pair dined shortly before collapsing in a shopping centre. Military experts were part of a convoy of 180 specialists drafted in. The Russian double agent and his daughter – plus his late wife Liudmila and son Alexander – moved to Salisbury after he was given refuge in the UK.
Anna Chapman had a video of Donald Trump cavorting with prostitutes. VLADIMIR REZUN, 70: Soviet military intelligence captain who defected to Britain in 1978. Latvian-born Karpichkov was 24 when he was recruited by the KGB 35 years ago. He rose to major in the spy agency’s Second Chief Directorate, specialising in counter espionage. He recalls being issued with a pen that fired bullets and had a secret compartment for poison powder. He says: “I fancied myself as James Bond, but once I realised what the KGB/FSB was really about I got disillusioned.” He claims to have spied on Russia for the CIA and the French. When he was rumbled in 1998 he fled to Britain with his wife and two children. He says: “All I can do is keep looking over my shoulder. I don’t care about myself. but I do care about my family.” nigel.nelson@sundaymirror.co.uk He used to flee Russia
attacks on the West, spreads fake news and influences elections. Russia goes to the polls next weekend which will keep Putin in office until 2024.
The only embarrassment he faces is a low turnout as voters know the result is a Putin Chemical warfare teams at work He lost five stone