Alexander Litvinenko

Rule No 1 in Putin’s Russia: defy him at your peril

Yevgeny Prigozhin is the latest in a long line of those who have paid a heavy price for standing up to the president

Sun Aug 27 2023 - 14:00

Litvinenko: David Tennant captures the sense of a man haunted by his stolen future

UTV’s retelling of the murder, though well-intentioned, fails to locate the drama in the story

Mon Jun 19 2023 - 22:00

Duma passes Bill allowing Russia to close western news bureaus

Journalists from countries deemed ‘unfriendly’ to Russian media could lose accreditation

Tue May 24 2022 - 19:41

The Hollywood stars who cosied up to Vladimir Putin

Actors such as Leonardo DiCaprio were once happy to hang with the Russian leader

Mon Mar 07 2022 - 15:50

Journalists targeted after revealing young Russian skater’s positive drug test

Furious reaction in Russia over serious allegations against Kamila Valieva

Fri Feb 11 2022 - 20:00

Third Russian spy accused of attempted murder over Salisbury Novichok attack

UK police say suspects in 2018 attack were military intelligence operatives

Tue Sept 21 2021 - 14:01

Russia was responsible for 2006 killing of Alexander Litvinenko, European rights court rules

Critic of Vladimir Putin died after drinking tea laced with Polonium 210

Tue Sept 21 2021 - 12:21

Report claims Russian hit squad poisoned opposition activist Navalny

Investigative website Bellingcat says FSB tracked Navalny since 2017 after he announced plans to stand against Putin

Mon Dec 14 2020 - 19:20

The Irish Times View on Russia’s vaccine politics: Craving the world’s respect

Putin has ordered large-scale inocculation with vaccine developed in Russia

Mon Dec 07 2020 - 00:01

The Irish Times view on the Navalny poisoning: Putin’s Moscow has form

Case against Putin’s agents yet to be proven but Moscow has hard questions to answer

Mon Aug 24 2020 - 01:00

Russia asks Czech police to protect diplomat named in ‘poisoning plot’

Three Prague politicians who angered Moscow reportedly targets for ricin attack

Tue May 12 2020 - 14:59

The whole chute-ing match in Blackrock new build for €1.85m

Four-bed contemporary house features home cinema and 0.25-acre garden

Thu Sept 27 2018 - 00:00

Pussy Riot activist ‘doing better’ in Berlin after suspected poisoning

Pytor Verzilov airlifted from Moscow after losing sight, hearing and ability to walk

Sun Sept 16 2018 - 16:16

‘My strength is growing daily’ - daughter of poisoned Russian spy

Yulia Skripal in her first statement says she is feeling disoriented but grateful to the people of Salisbury for their support

Thu Apr 05 2018 - 17:03

Arsenal fans warned over Europa League ‘hot potato’ in Moscow

Spy-poisoning row could prompt ‘anti-British feeling’, says UK foreign office

Fri Mar 16 2018 - 21:00

Spy poisoning: A lacklustre response

The retaliatory measures announced by Theresa May are strikingly modest

Fri Mar 16 2018 - 00:02

Spy attack scandal tests Britain’s strength against Moscow

Theresa May gives Kremlin 24 hours before undertaking a ‘range of measures’

Tue Mar 13 2018 - 07:14

‘Highly likely’ Russia behind attack on former spy, says May

Prime minister says Kremlin given deadline to disclose information about nerve gas used

Mon Mar 12 2018 - 19:17

Uncertainty over British response to Skripal poisoning

Britain’s options are limited, complicated by its status as playground for Russian oligarchs

Fri Mar 09 2018 - 19:52

Russian spy poisoning inquiry widens after medics treat 21

Officers begin a major search at Sergei Skripal’s house and also seal off a garage

Fri Mar 09 2018 - 09:26

UK police investigating ‘brazen’ attempted murder of former spy

Amber Rudd says nerve agent attack on Sergei Skripal and daughter a ‘reckless’ act

Thu Mar 08 2018 - 18:38

Russian ex-spy poisoned with nerve agent, British police say

Case of Sergei Skripal and his daughter being treated by authorities as attempted murder

Wed Mar 07 2018 - 19:21

Kremlin says has no information on ‘tragic’ illness of former spy

Sergei Skripal is fighting for his life after collapsing in a shopping mall in Salisbury

Tue Mar 06 2018 - 17:33

British counter-terror police investigate suspected poisoning of spy

Boris Johnson warns of ‘robust’ response from Britain if Russia found to be responsible

Tue Mar 06 2018 - 14:34

Man critically ill in UK hospital is ‘former Russian spy’

Two people hospitalised following exposure to ‘unknown substance’ in Salisbury

Mon Mar 05 2018 - 19:13

Kremlin says it wants apology from Fox News over Putin comments

Host Bill O’Reilly called Russian president ‘a killer’ in interview with Donald Trump

Mon Feb 06 2017 - 17:22

The British spy, Donald Trump and the bombshell dossier

Think tank says Russia would have targeted US president-elect due to links with oligarchs

Fri Jan 13 2017 - 19:00

Intelligence sources vouch for author of Russia-Trump dossier

Ex-MI6 officer Christopher Steele a ‘highly-regarded professional’

Thu Jan 12 2017 - 15:58

Irish attitude on Khodorkovsky ‘a national shame’

District Court hearing application by Russian oligarach to unfreeze €100 million

Wed Nov 23 2016 - 14:56

New Russian law protects it from culpability over Flight MH17

Russia is unlikely to compensate the families of 298 people who died in crash over Ukraine

Wed Feb 03 2016 - 01:00

Spy ‘probably’ killed in 2006 on Putin orders

Inquiry finds that former Russian spy Litvinenko murdered by agents in London

Thu Jan 21 2016 - 22:08

Russia criticises Britain’s ‘biased’ Litvinenko report

Putin ‘probably’ approved ex-KGB agent’s murder in London in 2006 , judge finds

Thu Jan 21 2016 - 18:07

The life and death of Alexander Litvinenko

Exiled in London as a consultant, Putin’s foe died after drinking a cup of spiked tea

Thu Jan 21 2016 - 12:46

Litvinenko inquiry ‘theatre of the absurd’

A top Russian official denies any involvement in poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko

Wed Jan 20 2016 - 20:40