According to a report, the russian foreign minister met the uk foreign minister in Moscow, Thursday afternoon. Reportedly, the first visit of a top uk envoy in four years. According to the report, ties were particularly badly strained by the March 2018 poisoning of Sergei Skripal.
Reportedly, Sergei Skripal was co-opted to the military intelligence and was posted to the russian embassy in Malta in the early nineties, then in 1994 to the military attache’s office in Madrid. Reportedly, Sergei was first spotted for development by Spanish intelligence before being approached by british intelligence officer, Pablo Miller posing as Antonio Alverez de Hidalgo.
According to a report, Sergei was sent back to Moscow in 1996 where he worked at the military intelligence headquarters. Reportedly, according to Russia, in 1995 he began to work for mi6 and passed on state secrets such as the identities of russian intelligence agents. According to the report, he began to work for the Russian foreign ministry, and from 2001 he worked in the Ministry of Municipalities of the government of the Moscow region.
Reportedly, in 2004 he was arrested, and in 2006 he was convicted of spying for the uk. According to the report, prosecutors said he was paid $100,000 by mi6 for information. Reportedly, he was convicted by the Moscow regional military court in a trial conducted behind closed doors.
According to the report, he was sentenced to thirteen years, but in 2010 was pardoned and became part of a spy swap. Reportedly, four men were exchanged for ten russian agents arrested in the united states. According to the report, the uk insisted Sergei becoming part of the swap.
Reportedly, Sergei bought a house in England, and according to british security officials continued to provide information until after 2010. According to the report, Sergei’s wife died in 2012, his daughter moved back to Moscow in 2014, and in March 2017 his son, aged 43 died in unknown circumstances while visiting St. Petersburg.
According to the report, in 2018 the New York times detailed Sergei was still in the game. Reportedly, it was initially broadcast that Sergei was connected to the british spy who compiled the Donald Trump/Russia dossier. According to reports, the dossier contained allegations of collusion and cooperation between Donald Trump, presidential candidate and the Russian government.
Reportedly, a senior official from nato’s allied command counter intelligence unit in Mons, Belgium stated that in 2017 Sergei worked for four intelligence agencies of nato countries and travelled to Prague and Estonia, organised and escorted by mi6.
According to the report, Sergei and his daughter, who was visiting from Moscow were found slipping in and out of consciousness while sitting on a public bench, they had been poisoned by the nerve agent, novichok. Reportedly, in 2018 Theresa May identified the nerve agent, said Russia was responsible and announced the expulsion of twenty three russian diplomats. According to the report, Sergei was discharged from hospital in May 2018.
Reportedly, in May 2020 the sunday times announced that Sergei and his daughter had been settled in New Zealand.