Briton who ‘aided Russia’ is charged with terrorism offences… but his identity is
A Briton has been charged with terrorism offences that were ‘intended to benefit Russia‘, a court has heard.
The individual, who cannot be identified due to reporting restrictions imposed on national security grounds, appeared before Westminster magistrates yesterday.
The case has been referred to the Old Bailey for a hearing next month.
The Briton was charged under the National Security Act.
The case has been referred to the Old Bailey (pictured) for a hearing next month
Sergei Skripal (pictured) was a former Russian agent who helped write a book about his double life as an MI6 agent. He was poisoned by Russia in Salisbury with novichok in 2018
Alexander Litvinenko (pictured) in the Intensive Care Unit of University College Hospital on November 20, 2006, in London
If the individual is convicted, it will be the latest in a string of Russian hostile acts against Britain and the West, which include the attempted poisoning of former Russian agent Sergei Skripal in 2018 in Salisbury and the killing of Russian dissident Alexander Litvinenko in 2006 in London.
On Thursday, German police arrested two alleged Russian spies suspected of planning ‘possible explosive attacks’ to sabotage US military bases and weapons being sent to Ukraine.