Russia Poisons Another Spy

Reuters has an article today about a former spy,  Sergei Skripal a former GRU Colonel who gave up several Russian spies to the UK, but now is in the hospital with some ailment that affected not just him but his daughter, who was with him at the time.  Both were passed out on a bench in Salisbury UK.  People in hazmat suits came to the park to round up what they could.  That is not good for the neighborhood.  He came to live there after a spy swap reminiscent of the Berlin Bridge, that took place in Vienna.  The Russians got back some Russians caught in the US, a long story that surely will get more attention now that Skripal has seemed to be caught in the same type of incident that left Alexander Litvinenko dead from radioactive poison.  Nobody ever said the Russians were subtle.    

I should mention, the Russians deny doing anything, as they continue to do in Litvinenko’s case. The Russians deny meddling in the US election and in forcing their way into the south of Ukraine, so they have little credibility.  

Update;  Reuters said in a story today the Britain will pull out of the World Cup in Russia if it turns out that the Russians were being Skripal’s attack.   A high-level meeting will occur internally to discuss actions if it turns out the Russians were responsible.  Let’s get bets at our local bookmaker on whether it was the Russians or not.  That’s not a bet even they would take.