A former Russian intelligence officer who spied for Britain’s CIA equivalent intelligence agency, the Secret Intelligence Service, is in a critical condition in a British hospital.
Colonel Sergei Skripal, who was released by Russia in a prisoner swap for the SVR-“illegals” in 2010, was found alongside a younger woman on Sunday evening in Salisbury, England. British authorities say he and his partner, who is also in a critical condition, were exposed to an unknown substance. Here are a number of considerations that British investigators will bear in mind.
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In recent years the Russian intelligence services have been particularly aggressive in their targeting of dissidents and former intelligence officers on British soil. While Alexander Litvinenko is the most widely known victim of Russian assassins, he’s far from the only one. In Europe, other possible victims of Russian intelligence activities appear every few months.
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Skripal was recruited by SIS in the 1990s at around the same time that Christopher Steele was a production officer serving in SIS’s Moscow station. Considering Steele is regarded as one of the finest human asset recruiters in recent SIS history, it’s possible he may have been the one to recruit Skripal in the first place. That would be relevant in that the Russians are believed to have been targeting Steele’s sources since the publication of his infamous dossier about Donald Trump.
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Lot of dust needs to settle but here's a good 1st take on the apparent attempted hit on an RIS defector in the UK. https://t.co/B8bJXvykC8
— John Schindler (@20committee) March 6, 2018
"Due to the unusual circumstances, the Counter Terrorism network will be leading this investigation" – @wiltshirepolice update on collapse of former spy Sergei Skripal in Salisburyhttps://t.co/PZ83hg6ubg pic.twitter.com/Hwq44viAei
— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) March 6, 2018
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