War and Conflict Journal

Recent diplomatic spats between the UK and Russia over the radioactively-dead Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko are now taking an interesting turn.  Putin is nothing if not non-subtle!

Really, does Putin hope to intimidate rookie Prime Minister Brown?

RAF Scrambles to intercept Russian Bombers
by Richard Beeston, Diplomatic Editor, Times Online
July 18, 2007

RAF fighter jets were scrambled to intercept two Russian strategic bombers
heading for British airspace yesterday, as the spirit of the Cold War
returned to the North Atlantic once again.

The incident, described as rare by the RAF, served as a telling metaphor for
the stand-off between London and Moscow over the murder of Alexander
Litvinenko…