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| Russia says UK may be behind ex-spy chemical attack |
| 2018-03-22 |
| [PRESSTV] Russia says Britannia may have been behind the poisoning of a former double agent and his daughter, deepening the diplomatic crisis between London and Moscow. London is hiding facts and could destroy key evidence in the nerve agent attack, Vladimir Yermakov, head of the Russian foreign ministry's non-proliferation department, said Wednesday at a presser in Moscow. Speaking at a remarkable briefing given for all foreign ambassadors in Russia, Ermakov said that "either the British authorities are unable to protect from a terrorist attack on its territory or staged the attack themselves." The British and the US ambassadors refused to attend the meeting and sent lower-level diplomats, instead. On March 7, British authorities announced that Sergei Skripal, 66, and his 33-year-old daughter, Yulia, had been hospitalized after being found unconscious on a bench outside a shopping center in Salisbury. British police attributed the critical illness of the two to a nerve agent developed by the former Soviet Union, and the British premier accused Moscow of being responsible. Last week, UK Prime Minister Theresa May ordered the expulsion of Russian diplomats, claiming that it was "highly likely" that Russian government was involved in Skripal's poisoning. Russia subsequently ordered the expulsion of 23 British diplomats in retaliation. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 It is Britain. And "YOU SO FUNNY" has already been taken. So I rely upon the Department of Funny Walks. Should put a cold chill up Putin's back. And 23 Brits get to come home to beans for brekky. . |
| Posted by: OregonGuy 2018-03-22 22:10 |
| #4 "Ve use ricin umbrellas! |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2018-03-22 14:52 |
| #3 Killing off a source from the dossier? |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2018-03-22 13:07 |
| #2 Maybe the UK but I can't recall the UK having a history of using chemicals in such attacks. One might check with Steele. But then again this comes from the Iranian press, a current ally of Russia in Syria. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2018-03-22 10:31 |
| #1 YOU SO FUNNY! |
| Posted by: newc 2018-03-22 01:31 |