What's happened Former associate of Boris Berezovsky and top manager of Aeroflot Nikolai Glushkov died yesterday in London. The police began an investigation into his death - traces of strangulation were found on Glushkov’s body. In 2013, Berezovsky was also found dead in London, hanged. Details Glushkov’s acquaintances told Kommersant that his body was discovered the day before by his daughter Natalya. According to them, signs of strangulation were visible on Glushkov’s neck.

The UK believes that ex-GRU major and MI6 agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter were poisoned with a Novichok nerve agent developed in the USSR. But the existence of such gas has not been officially confirmed by international organizations.

Tomorrow Britain will announce new measures against Russia. Russian diaspora in London can wait for difficulties Photo: Wikimedia Commons Tomorrow the British government will give response measures against Russia in connection with the poisoning of the former defector Sergei Skripal. This is a serious reason for the concern of Russians living in Britain, The Bell found out . The main difficulties can wait for those who only receive a residence permit or citizenship.

What's happened Russians in the UK are waiting for new sanctions - in response to the scandal over the poisoning of Sergei Skripal. The Bell asked businessmen who fled Russia if they now fear for their future. Read also Panic on the island Russians living in the UK began to prepare for new sanctions Details In February, Boris Titov, business ombudsman and presidential candidate, met in London with businessmen who had left Russia.

Donald Trump fired Rex Tillerson from the post of State Department Secretary. CIA Director Mike Pompeo, an ultra-conservative Republican, opponent of abortion and supporter of the death penalty for Edward Snowden, has become the new head of the American foreign policy department. We have collected what is known about his attitude towards Russia.

What's happened? Russians in the UK are worried about the measures the British government is promising to take in response to the Sergei Skripal poisoning scandal and have begun to turn to lawyers with questions about their future. This was told to The Bell by five legal consultants working in the UK. Difficulties may await those who are just obtaining a residence permit or citizenship, they warn.

Chinese CEFC, which was going to buy a 14.1% stake in Rosneft for $9.1 billion from a consortium of Swiss trader Glencore and Qatari fund QIA, has postponed the deal. The official reason is that the company cannot complete the deal without external borrowings. But in early March, Chinese media reported that CEFC head Ye Jianming was detained in a corruption case. Details Bloomberg writes that the deal has been postponed, citing the Chinese rating agency Chengxin.

What's happened Donald Trump fired US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. His post will be taken by the current director of the CIA, Mike Pompeo. Tillerson's resignation has been talked about since the summer of last year, why it happened right now is still not known for certain. Trump thanked Tillerson for his work and said that Pompeo would "do fantastic" in the new position. The new head of the CIA will be Pompeo's First Deputy Gina Haspel, the first woman in this post.

What's happened Russia will not respond to Britain's ultimatum on the Sergei Skripal case until it gains access to the substance used to poison him, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said. British Prime Minister Theresa May yesterday said there was a "high probability" of Russia's involvement in the poisoning of the former spy and gave 24 hours for an official explanation - if it is not satisfactory, Britain will take retaliatory measures.

What's happened The poisoning of former GRU major and Mi-6 agent Sergei Skripal threatens Russia with entering a new level of foreign policy isolation. British Prime Minister Theresa May agreed on joint actions against Russia with French President Emmanuel Macron, and the head of the US State Department, Rex Tillerson, confirmed that the United States agrees with the preliminary conclusions of the British government about Russia's involvement in the assassination attempt.

Britain gave Russia time until today to explain the death of the former spy Photo: US Embassy in the UK The poisoning of the ex-major GRU and the Mi-6 agent Sergei Skripal threatens Russia with access to a new level of foreign policy isolation.