The Skripal Case – Two Years On
It’s been two years to the day since disgraced former military intelligence officer Sergei Skripal, and his daughter Yulia, were allegedly found on a park bench in Salisbury, near...
In Memory of Dawn Sturgess
Rob Slane, from The Blogmire I said at the beginning of the year that I wanted to move on from writing on this case, unless significant developments arose. That...
Joining Some Dots on the Skripal Case: Part 6 – Tying up the Loose Ends
Rob Slane, the Blogmire Over the last five pieces (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5) I have, slowly but surely, advanced a theory of what...
ANALYSIS: Signs of Compromise in Yulia Skripal's Statement
by Tony Kevin Tony Kevin’s summary responses to the MoA view that Yulia’s statement is suspect, because it was allegedly written under duress of some kind, and from a...
Whose words was Yulia reading?
Yulia Skripal’s surprise video statement and walkabout yesterday has, as usual in this case, raised more questions than it has provided answers. The MSM has predictably addressed none of...
Alexander Shulgin to the OPCW
The following is the unofficial translation of the statement made by Alexander Shulgin, the head of Russian delegation at the OPCW, at that body’s April 18 Executive Council meeting...
Spiez Laboratory, the Skripal Case, and the OPCW
The OPCW has, to date, made no comment and issued no rebuttal of Lavrov's assertion concerning the full findings of Spiez Laboratory and the presence of BZ and its...
The Empire Strikes Backwards
by John Helmer, Moscow, April 5, 2018 Empires are just like everything else going down the toilet. Bits always stick on the porcelain which require more flushing. Embarrassing bits....
Skripal case: Theresa May now demands Russia prove itself innocent
by Alexander Mercouris, originally published in the Duran British government lacking evidence of Russian guilt reverses the burden of proof After a week of speculation and allegations British Prime...
Gaslighting about the realities of “state-sponsored murder”
Theresa May has just semi-officially pronounced the Skripal case a Russian state-sponsored hit. No evidence was presented for this conclusion of course, but we are getting used to that...
UPDATED: The Skripal Case: an open thread
The reality behind the alleged poisoning of Sergey Skripal and his daughter remains murky and apparently contradictory. Six days in to the investigation and little more is known beyond...
