Espionage and intelligence services

In her first public speech as head of MI6, Blaise Metreweli said Russia was attempting to export chaos to Europe through hybrid attacks and disinformation.

A British woman died from exposure to a nerve agent because of a botched assassination plot that the Russian leader must have authorized, an official report found.

Dylan Earl recruited people to set fire to two London warehouses containing aid bound for Ukraine, the police said. He was also convicted of plotting against a dissident Russian restaurant owner.