60 U.S. Diplomats Leave Russian Posts, Expelled Over Skripal Poisoning Row
The Americans include 58 employees of the U.S. Embassy in Moscow and two staff members of the Consulate General in the Ural city of Yekaterinburg.
Sergei Skripal
Russia's Attempt To Join Probe Into Ex-Spy's Poisoning Fails
British officials and an international chemical weapons control group accuse Russia of employing a diversionary tactic to evade accountability.
U.K. Lab Says It Doesn't Know Nerve Agent's 'Precise Source,' Drawing Russian Retort
The lab's chief added that it only sought to test the chemical used on Sergei Skripal and his daughter, not decide its source. Still, Russia called the remark proof the U.K. is fabricating its claims.
Russia Retaliates, Expels 60 American Diplomats After U.S. Action
Tensions between Russia and the West are ratcheting up as the Russian Foreign Ministry announced the expulsion of the officials and the closure of the U.S. Consulate in St. Petersburg.
Daughter Of Ex-Russian Spy 'Improving Rapidly,' U.K. Health Officials Say
Yulia Skripal was poisoned with her father, Sergei, in an alleged nerve agent attack. While an international dispute has raged, Yulia has been progressing — but Sergei is still in critical condition.
Ex-Russian Spy Attacked By Nerve Agent Likely Poisoned At Home
The Metropolitan Police says the highest concentration of the rare chemical was found on Sergei Skripal's front door in Salisbury, England. Investigators assure neighbors that they are safe.
EU Joins U.K. In Saying Russia 'Very Likely' Responsible For Nerve Agent Attack
At a summit in Brussels, EU leaders said "there is no plausible alternative explanation" for the poisoning of Sergei Skripal and his daughter earlier this month in southern England.
Russian Nikolai Glushkov's Death In London Was A Murder, Police Say
The cause of death was "compression to the neck," police say. Glushkov was a former close associate of a noted critic of Russia's President Vladimir Putin.
Russia Promises Reprisals To U.K. As White House Calls Out Moscow Over Poison Attack
The leaders of France, Germany and the U.S. say, "We share the U.K. assessment that there is no plausible alternative explanation" other than Russia being behind the attack.
Nerve Agent Found In U.K. Is Rare And Definitely Russian
Novichok-class agents were developed in top-secret Russian labs at the end of the Cold War. Experts say only Russia is known to have made them. "They've been a deep, dark secret," says one expert.