Britain has said Russia used the Soviet-era nerve agent called Novichok to attack Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia

Britain accuses Russia of secretly stockpiling deadly nerve agent used in attack

WION Morning News brief, March 18, 2018

In 2012, Putin returned as president in the face of huge street protests.

Putin: Russia's post-Soviet tsar

As many as 54.69% of voters have cast their ballots in Kolyma, beating the record of the 2012 election

Russian Presidential Election: Many Putin supporters not turning out as outcome is foregone conclusion

Britain's banks, energy and water companies are all said to be on high alert against the threat of a possible Russian cyber-attack

UK on high alert against Russian cyber-attack threat

The Russian Foreign Ministry said it was giving the 23 British diplomats one week to leave the country.

Russia expels 23 British diplomats as crisis over nerve toxin attack deepens

British Ambassador Laurie Bristow is expected at the Russian Foreign Ministry later on Saturday morning

Russia summons British ambassador to foreign ministry

Britain provoked Russia's wrath on Friday by directly implicating Vladimir Putin in the poisoning attack on an ex-double agent

Kremlin furious as Britain blames Putin for ex-spy attack

WION Evening News Brief, March 17, 2018

"All the steps will be well thought out," said Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov

Russia vows to respond to Britain over spy attack 'any minute'

Britain's opposition Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said that the Russian state targeted Sergei Skripal and his daughter in the English city of Salisbury

UK Labour leader suggests 'mafia-like groups' behind spy attack

Britain has already asked 23 Russian diplomats to leave the country

Russia to expel UK diplomats as row over spy attack escalates

The United States today accused Russia of disdaining the international order and disrespecting the territorial integrity of sovereign nations

Russia disrespects territorial integrity of sovereign nations: US

Opinion polls show Putin, 65, with a commanding election lead, all but guaranteeing him another term that will take him to nearly a quarter century in power — a longevity among Kremlin leaders second only to Josef Stalin.

Putin rides 'Russia First' wave towards election victory

Prime Minister Theresa May had given Russia until the end of Tuesday

Russia says is not responding to British ultimatum on nerve attack

The United States, European Union and NATO supported Britain after May said it was "highly likely" that Russia was behind the poisoning of Sergei Skripal and his daughter with Novichok, a nerve agent developed by the Soviet military

Britain and Russia brace for showdown as deadline expires for nerve attack explanation

Spot gold rose 0.12 percent to $1,327.56 per ounce at 0402 GMT. It touched $1,329.22 an ounce during the session, its highest since March 7

Gold rises on increasing US protectionism concerns

'The British government made a choice for confrontation with Russia,' the Russian foreign ministry said in a statement

Moscow says will retaliate soon to Britain's expulsion of diplomats

May said she would be pushing for a "robust international response" when the UN Security Council meets later Wednesday in New York to discuss the attack on Sergei Skripal and his daughter on March 4

Britain expels 23 Russian diplomats over spy poisoning, May says Moscow 'culpable'

British Prime Minister Theresa May says Russia was 'highly likely' to be behind the attack, giving Moscow until midnight Tuesday to provide answers

Russia warns of reprisals if UK acts over spy attack

'Before giving ultimatums it's better to honour your own obligations on international law,' Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told reporters

Ex-Russian spy's poisoning in UK: Russia rejects Britain's ultimatum, wants access to nerve agent

The constitution limits the president to two successive terms, obliging him to step down at the end of his mandate — as he did in 2008 after serving two four-year terms

Vladimir Putin has Russia guessing before election: How long will he hold on to power?

The image was posted online by an image-making agency owned by Dyatlova.

Presidential polls: Russian deputy's wife 'suggestively' poses naked on banner

The Russian government has denied the allegations.

Russia was likely responsible for UK nerve agent attack: Rex Tillerson

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