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In her witness statement, read to the inquiry by Francesca Whitelaw KC, Dame Sally said she had been concerned "about the disposal by the foreign agents of any residual nerve agent".

And in May a Russia-style "foreign agents" law targeted foreign funding of media and civil rights groups, in the face of mass protests in Liberty Square and nearby parliament.

A court in Moscow has sentenced a French researcher to three years in a penal colony for breaking Russia's controversial law on registering as a "foreign agent".

The indictment remains sealed, though sources told The City that Adams was charged with acting as an unregistered foreign agent.

The couple pleaded not guilty on Tuesday in a Brooklyn federal court to a range of charges, from failing to register as a foreign agent to visa fraud and money laundering.