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SSEESing Salisbury

3,049 views · Published 14 November 2018 · 1:54:56 · Indexed 29 September 2026

Channel: UCL · 2018 · Education

Sergei and Yulia Skripal were poisoned with Novichok in Salisbury on 4 March 2018. A police officer investigating the incident also fell ill after coming into contact with the nerve agent. Subsequently, two further people – Charlie Rowley and Dawn Sturgess – were poisoned, the latter fatally. Agents of the Russian military's foreign intelligence agency – commonly referred to as the GRU – are the prime suspects in the British authorities' investigation. What is the broader context, and what are the broader implications, of these poisonings? How has the Russian political leadership responded? How has media coverage varied? Join us on 14 November from 19:00 in the Darwin Lecture Theatre for a panel event to discuss these issues.

Panel:

Ellen Barry (The New York Times)

Dr Precious N. Chatterje-Doody (University of Manchester)

Dr Aglaya Snetkov (UCL SSEES)

Dr Pete Duncan (UCL SSEES)

Chaired by: Dr Ben Noble (UCL SSEES)

This event is organised by the Post-Soviet Press Group.

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ssees/research/research-centres/post-soviet-press-group

Event

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ssees/events/2018/nov/sseesing-salisbury

UCL School of Slavonic & East European Studies (SSEES)