Health of poisoned ex-Russian spy's daughter 'improving rapidly': hospital

22:22, March 29, 2018

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  Commentary: Are reciprocal diplomat expulsions the start of a new Cold War?

  (Photo: VCG)Earlier this month, Britain expelled 23 Russian diplomats following the poisoning of the former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter by a nerve agent. The UK, backed by a host of other western countries, blamed Russia for the poisoning. Russia denied it was responsible.The US responded by expelling 60 Russian diplomats and ordering the closure of Russia's consulate

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  Russia to respond in kind in diplomatic row over ex-spy, to shut US consulate

  (Photo: Reuters)Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday that Russia would respond in kind to the expulsion of diplomats by Western countries and close down the U.S. consulate in St. Petersburg in a row over the poisoning of an ex-spy in Britain.“The measures would be reciprocal ... They include expulsion of the equivalent number of diplomats and they include

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  Has Russia gone too far?

  (Photo: CGTN)The diplomatic row over the suspected poisoning of former Russian military intelligence officer Colonel Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia (both critically ill in the hospital) in Salisbury, England on March 4 is rapidly escalating.It may be remembered as the moment relations between the West and Russia plunged to new lows.The determination of British Prime Minister Theresa May to