RIGA — Never mind the talk of a new Cold War between Moscow and the West. A year from now, when the poisoning on British soil of a former Russian spy is yesterday’s news, it’s likely to be business as usual between Russia and the U.K.
Look at the last time a similar attack was carried out: in 2006, when fugitive Russian intelligence agent Aleksandr Litvinenko was killed by radioactive poison in London.
Less than a year later, the British oil giant BP was in talks with President Vladimir Putin’s government to buy a chunk of assets it had confiscated from the …read more
Source: European Voice
