It’s taken a few false starts to get Cate Blanchett and Michael Fassbender on the same Zoom call. She’s been preparing to open a production of “The Seagull” at the Barbican in London, her first time onstage since 2019. He’s been on a much-needed holiday with his family before returning home to Lisbon. Perhaps that’s … Read more
Meanwhile, Roussev’s ‘minions’ — which he named after the yellow characters from the Despicable Me animated series — denied the charges. Instead of being part of the cartoon villain Gru’s scheme, these defendants were real-life operatives working for the Russian intelligence service, also named GRU. From 2020 to 2023, the gang carried out a series … Read more
DANIEL DE SIMONE Investigations correspondent Journalist Roman Dobrokhotov tells the BBC he is “lucky to be alive”. A journalist targeted by a Russian spy cell run from a former guest house in Norfolk has said he thinks Russian President Vladimir Putin personally ordered the operation against him. Roman Dobrokhotov, editor-in-chief of The Insider, was followed … Read more
