Mike Hancock, his Russian assistant and questions on Trident

A Liberal Democrat MP who hired an alleged Russian spy as his research assistant has tabled a series of parliamentary questions about Britain's Trident nuclear deterrent and the Atomic Weapons Establishment at Aldermaston since the election. Mike Hancock yesterday insisted there was nothing unusual about asking for the locations of berths for submarines as he launched a staunch defence of Katia Za

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But MPs said they had long regarded Hancock as overly sympathetic to Russia, though there was no suggestion that he knew of Zatuliveter's alleged activities. Chris Bryant, Labour's former Europe minister, said he recently ousted Hancock as chairman of the all-party Russian group because he was too l