WorldSALISBURY, England (Reuters) - A former Russian double agent convicted of treason in Moscow was critically ill in a British hospital on Tuesday after exposure to an unknown substance, with police saying it had to be “alive to the fact of state threats”. Both were critically ill in intensive care. British police did not release the names of those who were being treated but two sources close to the investigation told Reuters that the critically ill man was Skripal. But likewise we have to be alive to the fact of state threats,” Rowley told BBC radio before referring to the murder of Alexander Litvinenko. RUSSIAN SPYThe Kremlin said it was ready to cooperate if Britain asks it for help investigating the incident with Skripal.

Source: Sunday Times March 06, 2018 08:37 UTC