The comment by Kirill Kleimenov - the presenter on government-controlled Channel One's flagship Vremya news programme - sounded like a veiled, mocking threat to anyone considering becoming a double agent for Britain.
"I don't wish death on anyone, but for purely educational purposes, I have a warning for anyone who dreams of such a career," he said.
"The profession of a traitor is one of the most dangerous in the world," Kleimenov said, adding that few who had chosen it had lived to a ripe old age.
Alcoholism, drug addiction, stress and depression resulting in heart attacks and even suicide were the "professional illnesses of a traitor", according to Kleimenov.
Russia violates it's treaties and obligations routinely, I guarantee you that Russia wants it to be quite clear exactly who did this.I realize they will never prove that Russia actually sanctioned this, but if they did wouldn't that be a violation of some treaty? I thought the big boys were in agreement not to use nerve agents.On a side note... someone is in trouble for the messed up dosage either way.
For one thing, the swap was an awful deal for the U.S. government, which was then in the second year of the Obama Administration. Even apart from its basic arithmetic – three prisoners in exchange for 10 – these two groups were by no means equal in value.
I had to smile at this...
Sergei Skripal's Poisoning Means Russia's Rules Have Changed | Time
Would've been hard for me to imagine Time being that critical of the deal back then....
Also, it is insightful to me that the swap had actually been agreed to by Medvedev. Putin, while likely informed, might have not fought over it to give his hand-picked president a little room to maneuver.
That means that Putin himself probably did not feel any moral obligation to honor the spirit of the trade.
A bit of a clarification. Putin probably no longer felt any obligation to honor the spirit of the trade now. He apparently did for the subsequent 6+ years after the trade. Something apparently changed, and we both know what.
A bit of a clarification. Putin probably no longer felt any obligation to honor the spirit of the trade now. He apparently did for the subsequent 6+ years after the trade. Something apparently changed, and we both know what.
Google Boris Johnson.His sock puppet at the white house and his whore at state were replaced by people with stones?
ETA:The UK is now run by a woman?
ETA:The UK is now run by a woman?
It's been a while.Never heard of the queen?
It's been a while.Never heard of the queen?
Google Boris Johnson.
He kinda makes HRC's time at State look genius.