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Revealed: Russia’s secret plan to help Julian Assange escape from UK

The Guardian 21 Sep 2018

Russian diplomats held secret talks in London last year with people close to Julian Assange to assess whether they could help him flee the UK, the Guardian has learned ... The plan was abandoned after it was deemed too risky ... Confidential visitor logs obtained by the Guardian reveal that Assange received several Russian nationals during the summer of 2016, including senior figures from RT, the Kremlin’s international propaganda channel....

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RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: MI5 is conspiring against Jeremy Corbyn? I certainly hope so

This is Money 21 Sep 2018

One of Jeremy Corbyn’s closest advisers claims there is a ‘deep state’ conspiracy to prevent the Labour leader becoming Prime Minister ... ‘We are often told that the days of secret state political chicanery are long past and we must hope so ... He says he has no links to Moscow, but backed Putin over the shooting down of that Malaysian airliner and the annexation of Crimea, and has appeared on the Russian-bankrolled RT television channel ... ....

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Widow of Poisoned Spy: UK Has Upped Response to Would-be Assassins

Voa News 19 Sep 2018

In 2012, for example, Walter Litvinenko, father of the dead spy, appeared on Russia's RT news outlet alongside Andrei Lugovoi, the man Britain accused of poisoning his son, to retract his longstanding opinion that Russian intelligence murdered his son on direct orders from Putin ... federal court alleging that both RT and Channel One aired deliberately misleading reports about the circumstances of Litvinenko's death....

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Trevor Phillips: I was complicit in harassment of young women

Belfast Telegraph 18 Sep 2018

The former chairman of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, who has worked for the BBC, ITV, and Channel 4, said that such behaviour was commonplace in the world of television ... Alexander Petrov (left) and Ruslan Boshirov who told the Kremlin-funded RT channel that they wanted to visit the ‘wonderful town’ of Salisbury and see its famous cathedral (Metropolitan Police/PA)....

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Broadcaster Trevor Phillips: I was complicit in harassment of young women

Irish Independent 18 Sep 2018

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Jeremy Wright set to slam ‘Kremlin-backed’ media after Salisbury incident

Belfast Telegraph 18 Sep 2018

In a speech to be delivered to the Royal Television Society (RTS) conference, he is expected to specifically target RT, formerly Russia Today, for its programming ... Alexander Petrov (left) and Ruslan Boshirov who told the Kremlin-funded RT channel that they wanted to visit the ‘wonderful town’ of Salisbury and see its famous cathedral (Metropolitan Police/PA) ... RT has been contacted for comment on the issue of impartiality....

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RT America extends programming to daytime with original news show

Russia Today 18 Sep 2018

On Wednesday Sept. 19, RT America will premiere “In Question,” the channel’s first original daytime news program ... ....

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DOMINIC LAWSON: The one weapon that Putin's terrified of? Ridicule. And it's exploding in his face

This is Money 17 Sep 2018

But it is only with last week’s accidentally comic interview on RT (formerly Russia Today) with the two suspects that it is finally dawning on even the slowest learners ... In which case, why did they give their interview, dubbed in English, to RT, which like the BBC’s World Service is a news channel specifically directed at an international, not a domestic audience?....

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Pussy Riot Member to be Treated in Germany For Suspected Poisoning

Billboard 17 Sep 2018

A member of Russia’s Pussy Riot protest group says a severely ill fellow activist was being taken to Germany on Saturday for treatment after his suspected poisoning ... [readmore.8475310] ... The two men told Kremlin-funded satellite TV channel RT on Thursday they were in Salisbury only as tourists, to see the city’s noted cathedral, and denied working for military intelligence. [readmore.8475258] ... ....

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Reporters: Number in suspect's file reached Russian military

Decatur Daily 16 Sep 2018

In this video grab provided by the RT channel , Ruslan Boshirov, left, and Alexander Petrov ......

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Salisbury poisoning suspects ‘smoked weed and slept with prostitute night before attack’

Metro UK 16 Sep 2018

The Salisbury poisoning attack suspects had sex with a prostitute and smoked marijuana the night before the incident, according to reports. Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov were apparently partying at the City Stay Hotel, in Bow, east London, on March 3, it was alleged ... Getty Images) ... MORE ... MORE ... They appeared Thursday on the state-funded RT channel, saying they visited Salisbury as tourists and had nothing to do with the poisoning ... ....

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‘Poisoned’ Pussy Riot member to be treated in Germany

Belfast Telegraph 16 Sep 2018

A member of Russia’s Pussy Riot protest group has said that a severely ill fellow activist is being taken to Germany for treatment after his suspected poisoning ... Ms Alekhina told reporters he regained consciousness on Friday ... The two men told Kremlin-funded satellite TV channel RT on Thursday they were in Salisbury only as tourists, to see the city’s noted cathedral, and denied working for military intelligence ... ....

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