 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - ruzivo rwaSteele pamusoro peRussia rwakaramba rwuchikosheswa, uye akashanda semukuru mukuru pasi paJohn Scarlett, Mukuru weSecret Intelligence Service MI6, kubva muna 2004 kusvika muna 2009. Steele aiva nyanzvi yekurwisa njereref nameHarding_Sabbagh_1112019ref uye akasarudzwa semutungamiriri wenyaya yaAlexander Litvinenko uye akapinda muongororo yehuturu hwaLitvinenko muna 2006. Akanga ari Steele uyo akakurumidza kuziva kuti rufu rwaLitvinenko rwaiva rufu rwehurumende yeRussia. Makore gumi nemaviri gare gare Boris Karpichkov akataura kuti Steele pachake akaverengerwa mune runyorwa rweRussian Federal Security Service, pamwe naSergei Skripal uyo akapondwa muna 2018nechombo chemakemikoro chebinary Novichok muBritain. 