Donald Trump's national security adviser warns Russia's 'confidence is growing' as Salisbury spy attack reaches The Hague

Vladimir Putin, the Russian President
Vladimir Putin, the Russian President Credit: Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images Europe

Russia’s confidence is growing, Donald Trump’s outgoing national security adviser has warned, as Moscow takes its complaints over being blamed for the Salisbury spy attack to The Hague.

HR McMaster, who was ousted by the US President in March and will leave his post later this month, said “for too long some nations have looked the other way” and not done enough to combat Kremlin-backed “subversion and espionage”.

He said the US and its allies had “failed to impose sufficient costs” on Russia to make it change tack.

His intervention, widely seen as a parting shot at Mr Trump who has appointed John Bolton as Mr McMaster’s replacement, came ahead of an extraordinary meeting of the Organisation for...

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