{"id":4655,"date":"2018-04-07T12:20:19","date_gmt":"2018-04-07T12:20:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/westminsterradio.net\/?p=4655"},"modified":"2018-04-07T12:20:19","modified_gmt":"2018-04-07T12:20:19","slug":"from-russia-with-controversy-by-stephen-bailey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/radio\/from-russia-with-controversy-by-stephen-bailey\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;From Russia with Controversy&#8217; by Stephen Bailey."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"From Russia with Controversy: Salisbury&#039;s Spy Story.\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/263638597?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333\">Salisbury, a city in Southern Wiltshire, known for having a cathedral with the United Kingdom\u2019s tallest spire suddenly has become synonymous with a suspected Russian spy assassination attempt. A former Russian military intelligence officer turned double agent Sergei <\/span>Skirpal<span style=\"color: #333333\">, alongside his visiting daughter Yulio, <\/span>were<span style=\"color: #333333\"> allegedly targeted by Russian authorities. A lethal nerve-agent, developed by former Soviet Union scientists, called Novichok gas. On Sunday 4<sup>th<\/sup> March 2018, onlookers discovered Sergei <\/span>Skirpal<span style=\"color: #333333\"> with Yulio unconscious on a park bench with eyewitnesses claiming to have seen Yulia\u2019s eyes wide open yet completely white. These two victims, together with Detective Sergeant Nick Bailey, were taken to Salisbury District Hospital. Following a launch of a national counter-terrorism policing investigation, amid much speculation, eight days later on Monday 12<sup>th<\/sup> March 2018, Prime Minister Theresa May blamed Russia. 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