Russian Regime Is Accused of Intimidating British Interests

The British ambassador suffers months of harassment and BBC service in Moscow mysteriously goes off the air after the Litvinenko murder, The Times report.

The pro-Kremlin youth movement Nashi has been accused of a systematic campaign of intimidation against the British ambassador in Moscow, Tony Brenton, following his speech at a Russian opposition meeting in July. At the time President Putin accused Brenton of interfering in Russia’s domestic affairs, after the envoy spoke at the Other Russia opposition gathering held before the G8 summit in St Petersburg. more...
Nashi (Ours) has been formed in March 2005 to "put an end to the unnatural union of oligarchs and anti-Semites, liberals and Nazis". However, Nashi itself has often been compared to organizations like the Hitlerjugend (Hitler Youth) or the Komsomol. more...

The Russians are also suspected of a hand in the disruption of the BBC’s Russian Service FM broadcasts in Moscow and St Petersburg, at the height of coverage of the Litvinenko poisoning. more...