Former Russian double agent seriously ill in Salisbury.

Malevolence · 22 Nov 2018 at 19:47

SIS totally schooling the GRU.

dowie · 22 Nov 2018 at 20:05

TheMightyTen said:
So head of the GRU has "died after a serious and long illness". I'm not one for conspiracy theories but this seems "convenient".

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-46298959

hmmm appointed in 2016... so they chose to appoint someone who was already suffering from a serious "long term" illness, back in 2016?

Sounds perfectly normal, I'm sure people with only a couple of years left to live because of heart or lung conditions or cancer that can no longer be treated are newly appointed to high stress, high responsibility positions like head of govt departments or CEOs of large companies all the time.

Yadda · 22 Nov 2018 at 20:13

"Salisbury Nerve Agent Attack - The Inside Story" now on BBC1 (started at 8pm).

jpaul · 22 Nov 2018 at 20:26

so what initiated the interviews with the policeman who was 'infected' - they had this on R4 pm programme, did the police lift some kind of embargo ?
why now ?

gettothechopper · 22 Nov 2018 at 20:27

Because there is a BBC program on about it right now

jpaul · 22 Nov 2018 at 20:40

Yes - they precised the programme/interviews on r4 earlier .. why the sudden opening up ? ie politically motivated.

diamount · 22 Nov 2018 at 20:54

Malevolence said:
Another with a passport number only a few away from the previous two. Man, the GRU really are amateurs.

Amateurish due to sheer apathy? Nothing of consequence has happened.

Yadda · 22 Nov 2018 at 20:57

jpaul said:
Yes - they precised the programme/interviews on r4 earlier .. why the sudden opening up ? ie politically motivated.

You could say that about anything.

azazl187 · 22 Nov 2018 at 21:01

So the copper that was affected says that he has lost everything. Surely he will get his house back as well as anything that is tested and not found contaminated returned? Plus anything that is destroyed will get replaced right?

jpaul · 22 Nov 2018 at 21:11

from earlier r4 description it was nore expediant to destroy possessions rather than establish contamination level.

I don't like this incestious relationship between the police and bbc , it's not disimilar to the Cliff Richard issue ... the policeman should have presented an interview for all news services.

bjorkiii · 22 Nov 2018 at 21:13

Its been made purely to wind you up.

Nasher · 22 Nov 2018 at 21:28

doodah said:
Never knew been poisoned counts as a long term illness.

Fake news I bet. It was probably a short bout of lead poisoning (in the head).

Jokester · 22 Nov 2018 at 21:33

Russia has a history of long term low level poisonings of people they want rid of. They did the same thing to the BP chief in Russia when they refused to sell up to Rosneft.

Malevolence · 23 Nov 2018 at 04:48

Jokester said:
Russia has a history of long term low level poisonings of people they want rid of. They did the same thing to the BP chief in Russia when they refused to sell up to Rosneft.

And sometimes they just have no option left other than to revert to the good old bullet to the head.

Nasher · 23 Nov 2018 at 08:28

Well there was that double agent they burned alive back in the 50s or 60s, filmed it and used it to warn new recruits against defecting.

GlitterBalls · 30 Dec 2022 at 21:56

Watched this 3 part mini series on this, very good: https://www.itv.com/watch/the-salisbury-poisonings/10a1600/10a1600a0001