These are Britons that in my own reporting on Russian espionage I am guilty of overlooking. For the past two and a half years, I’ve traveled to a dozen countries to investigate the activities of Russian assassins from the military intelligence unit that British authorities say poisoned Mr. Skripal. My stories were part of a New York Times series that won this year’s Pulitzer Prize for international reporting. With Russia, such intrigues appear to be perennial, given the recent poisoning, also with a Novichok nerve agent, of the Russian opposition leader Aleksei A. Navalny. Nick Bailey (Rafe Spall), who nearly died after touching a door handle at Mr. Skripal’s home that had been tainted with Novichok.

Source: International New York Times October 01, 2020 08:03 UTC