this latest incident to the death of another former russian spies jules. he wrote. i can read. the evidence and. then the government. russia strongly rejected those comments calling them wild the kremlin has denied any knowledge of the affair and called british allegations groundless it said london should investigate the incident before blaming moscow screwball was a colonel in russia's military intelligence service he was arrested in russia in two thousand and four and convicted of spying for britain two years later. in twenty ten he was freed as part of