'Chemical Attacks', New Podcast Episode Out
Catch episode seven of 'Sergei & The Westminster Spy Ring', where Sergei Cristo, Carole Cadwalladr and Peter Jukes dive into the Skripal poisonings.
Relations between Russia and the Conservative-led British government are being pushed to the brink. In Salisbury, former KGB officer Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia are found unconscious on a park bench, poisoned by the radioactive nerve agent Novichok. The attack sends shockwaves through Britain and Europe, while the suspected perpetrators are flaunted in a prime time TV interview on Russia Today, convincing Sergei Cristo that his former homeland is now run like a mafia state.
NATO countries respond by expelling swathes of Russian diplomats and spies. So why does the UK’s foreign secretary shake off his security detail to party in Italy with his pal, the Russian oligarch Evgeny Lebedev, just one month after this critical incident?
Tensions are rising and a demand for answers about Russian interference in British politics growing. But it seems that powerful forces are determined to keep the truth buried.
Head over to Spotify, Apple, Amazon or wherever you get your podcasts to catch the latest episode of Sergei & The Westminster Spy Ring, 'Chemical Attacks'!
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👾 It’s Bellingcat - a group of open source citizen investigators - and not that police, that cracks the case. Here’s how.
👾 “Nothing changed before Novichok death”: reflecting on the Skripals' poisoning and the subsequent death of Dawn Sturgess, Alexander Litvinenko’s widow, Marina, accuses British authorities of ignoring the threat posed by Putin and failing to protect the public from Russian agents' attacks.
👾 The Skripal poisoning was preceded by a string of ‘suspicious’ deaths of Russian citizens on British soil - 14 of them.
👾 Shortly after the attack, Boris Johnson attended an emergency NATO summit in Brussels, hastily convened to coordinate a common response. Immediately afterward, he slipped his security detail and flew to Italy to attend a lavish party. At the villa of his friend Evgeny Lebedev, son of former KGB agent Alexander.
Presented by Carole Cadwalladr and Peter Jukes
Written by Carole Cadwalladr and Peter Jukes
Produced and sound design by Ruth Abrahams
Original music by Phil Channell
Studio production by Sean Byrne-Roberts
Location production by Sheridan Flynn and Manasa Narayanan
Mixed by Nigel Appleton
Artwork by Rosie Maddison
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