Excellent Times piece by Ian Birrell (who tried to employ me on the Mail years ago) revealing that Rwanda also kills UK citizens - this whole thing is, for me, more a savage indictment of the UK police and intelligence community than of criminals who appear to "get away with it" so easily.

www.thetimes.co.uk/article/rwanda-deserv...-as-russia-snczqgbhd

Clive Stafford Smith has also written an excellent, historical account of state sponsored assassinations. The following passage appears to be particularly relevant to recent events:-

But the Buzzfeed investigation shows that we are also willing to allow foreign
countries to assassinate people on our streets. There is a principle set forth by the
European Court of Human Rights that we must reinvigorate if we are going to hold
pusillanimous British politicians to account. It is called the Osman rule, after the
case in which it was established.

www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/public/state-sponsored-assassination

Thanks md. Excellent indeed (and written nine or so months ago). Another stand-out paragraph:

'The Russian kill list likewise labels the enemies of the state as “terrorists”. The US claims that its 2001 Authorization of the Use of Military Force gives it authority to kill targets wherever they are around the world; the Russian government aped the Americans, passing a similar law in 2006. If the Americans can lay claim to a Global War on Terror that respects no national boundary, what principle requires that the Russians respect British borders? Clearly they do not. Hence, the polonium in Aleksander Litvinenko’s tea in 2006, months after the new law was passed. On June 15, 2017, Buzzfeed released an explosive exposé, “From Russia with Blood”, identifying fourteen recent deaths on British soil as murders committed by the Russians. Equally troubling, Buzzfeed accused the British Government of turning a blind eye to this spate of assassinations, afraid to offend the Russian Bear. To give just one example, as Home Secretary Theresa May personally intervened to delay the public inquiry into Litvinenko’s death, citing the need to protect “international relations” with Russia.'

This is fascinating; thank you md and Peter - yet again, KingOfHits is way ahead of the National Media with this huge story.