Newsline: Russian diplomat claims slander in case of poisoned ex-spy

April 6, 2018 at 9:35 am · Filed under Russia, UK and tagged: Russia, UK

Russia’s ambassador to the United Nations on Thursday denounced allegations that the Kremlin was behind the poisoning of an ex-spy in Britain last month, calling the suspicions an attempt to “discredit and delegitimize” Russian involvement in countries such as Syria. In a special meeting of the Security Council called by Russia, Vassily Nebenzia asserted that “with a high degree of probability,” the intelligence services of other countries are behind the March 4 poisoning of the former Russian double agent, Sergei Skripal, and his daughter in the English country town of Salisbury. “This is a coordinated, very well-planned campaign” aiming to undermine Russia’s role “not only in finding a solution in Syria, but anywhere else,” Nebenzia said. The British government has concluded that it is “highly likely” that the Kremlin poisoned Skripal, who remains in critical condition. But scientists at the British lab that analyzed samples said they could not pinpoint its origin, only that it was a military-grade nerve agent in the Novichok family.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/british-un-diplomat-tells-russian-envoy-to-bring-it-on/2018/04/05/39fdfdf6-38de-11e8-9c0a-85d477d9a226_story.html?utm_term=.0e391fe1af15

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