tameelf Posted December 1, 2006 Share Posted December 1, 2006 albert is correct re. the weapon used in the killing has a lot to do with goverment /public out cry. so who would be wanting to drive a wedge between both goverments just when they were about to sign a mutual extradition agreement.if you read all the media one name keeps popping up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gladys Posted December 2, 2006 Share Posted December 2, 2006 I suppose what we are missing is the information on the situation prior to, and through, Glasnost and Perestroika. The KGB were the undoubted wielders of influence in Russia (which remember was the USSR and a conglomerate of some willing, but also very many unwilling states). Post Glasnost, it was a free-for-all with those connected to the KGB getting the best spoils; fixed auctions of unimaginable resources and almost a shutting down of all order as the Soviet government just did not know how to, or could not, rein back control. It was, probably correctly, described as the wild west, with goldrush running through the higher echelons of the previous Soviet bureaucracy. Now what is left is a country with probably the largest mineral wealth in the world with that wealth captured within a very small section. That wealth was released without any forethought, almost in a panic. Now the country must pay for its infrastructure and state welfare from taxes rather than its own resources and has found most of the resources, whilst in Russia, are owned elsewhere. In keeping with Russian distrust, where negotiation has failed, exemplar assassinations will continue until the real control of Russia's assets vests in the Kremlin. Sad really, because if the regime at the time of liberalisation was stronger and would accept advice from the outside, the country may now be just as wealthy, but more equitably so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Tatlock Posted December 2, 2006 Share Posted December 2, 2006 I don't see what all the fuss is about - we've been scoffing polonium on the island for years, and it's never does us any harm! Irish Sea Radiactivity Report Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gladys Posted December 2, 2006 Share Posted December 2, 2006 I was rather disturbed to hear that a friend's mother, who has 'thyroid problems' was advised to reduce their medication by half for a visit here because of the background radiation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VinnieK Posted December 2, 2006 Share Posted December 2, 2006 I was rather disturbed to hear that a friend's mother, who has 'thyroid problems' was advised to reduce their medication by half for a visit here because of the background radiation. According to this we're exposed to a fair bit more radon than the UK average, although this isn't too surprising: Ireland and Scotland all have higher levels of naturally ocurring Radon thanks to simple geology, which is then trapped in homes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinahand Posted March 5, 2018 Author Share Posted March 5, 2018 So has Russia once again tried to bring murder to British streets? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Down Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 54 minutes ago, Chinahand said: So has Russia once again tried to bring murder to British streets? Seriously China, do you think it’s ever stopped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quilp Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 There's a more than an even chance his espionage history has nowt to do with this. Rather he's a Russian bloke, who happens to have been involved in a 'spy-swap', who'd just lost his wife and decided to self-medicate or maybe involved in a drugs-ring. The article stated the chemical agent was thought to be Fentanyl. Dangerous stuff. If it was in quantity, the CB suits, hosing down and evacuation was probably necessary. So just as likely not a John le Carre intrigue... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the stinking enigma Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 If polonium is the mark of the russian assasin then the use of fentanyl can only suggest american redneck. I'd go for trump on this one, putin has far more class. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x-in-man Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 Him and his daughter, it's starting to look like a 'hit' now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the stinking enigma Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 They should have used the suicide in the woods or lock yourself in a sports holdall method if they wanted to avoid suspicion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2bees Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 Yes, I like the lock yourself in a sports holdall method of suicide. If ever I feel the need to end my life, that is how I will do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butterflies Posted March 7, 2018 Share Posted March 7, 2018 The top 25 stories on Sky news were about this yesterday and they're still moaning on about it now. Does anyone actually care? I didn't care enough to read a single one of their stories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quilp Posted March 7, 2018 Share Posted March 7, 2018 Except the top 25? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butterflies Posted March 7, 2018 Share Posted March 7, 2018 Um, I didn't read any of them. The headlines were enough to glean what they were about. I was just wondering if everyone else is as dis-interested in the subject of some ex-spy as I am and if so, why are there so many stories about it? there are a million things happening every minute over the world, but the whole of the news is taken over by what has happened to some idiot who chose his own path in life. Hardly a surprise is it? An ex spy gets attacked? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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