So Oleg Gordievsky, former KGB colonel, was awarded a medal by the Queen for his work for British secret services. To me this means that the British government is consciously taking the confrontation with the Russians to another level. Within months we went from Russians awarding medals to British naval officers for saving the Russian submarine crew in 2005 and Brits giving medals to the Russian secret services guys for their help after the 2005 London bombings to this. I foresee possible arrests of the 'Russian spies' on British territory and the relationship deteriorating even further. Sadly.