News archive on the topic "Skripal case"

In the case of the so-called poisoning in Great Britain of former GRU colonel, British spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter, there are still a lot of ambiguities and questions. Iliya Kusa, an expert on international politics at the Ukrainian Institute of the Future, stated this in an interview with the Kiev online publication “Apostrophe”. “I am still skeptical about this story with the poisoning of the Skripals, there are a lot of questions left...

The UK will not release Yulia Skripal, the daughter of a British spy, former GRU colonel Sergei Skripal, from the country, of whose poisoning the British authorities accuse the Russian intelligence services. The spy’s niece Victoria Skripal told Izvestia about this, according to whom it is now simply dangerous for London to release key witnesses in this case, since the British side has not provided any evidence of involvement since March...

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko may be destroyed by Western intelligence services in order to blame the Russian Federation for this, by analogy with the Skripal case. Journalist and political scientist Mikhail Leontyev stated this on Vesti FM radio, PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “I look at Poroshenko. It’s strange to me that he’s still alive after he opened his mouth...

The United States wants to introduce new anti-Russian sanctions that will be tied to the so-called Skripal case. Kommersant writes about this, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. The publication notes that the US Congress has already demanded that Brussels also introduce new sanctions, “since the crime occurred on European soil.” At the same time, the newspaper’s source in the EU structures expressed doubts...

In connection with the entry into force of US sanctions against the Russian Federation in connection with the alleged poisoning of British and Russian citizens in the UK by the Skripals, the Ambassador of Ukraine to the US Valery Chaly said that the embassy will monitor violations of sanctions. “Russia is perceived as an adversary, so this sanctions line will be strengthened,” the Ukrainian politician explained the motivation of the US government. As for...

The fact that Ukraine was divided into two parts is the fault of the United States, not Russia. One of the founders of the legendary rock band Pink Floyd, Roger Waters, who is going to visit Moscow and St. Petersburg as part of the Us+Them world tour, stated this in an interview with Izvestia. He called the assertions that sanctions and the Skripal case complicate life in Russia nonsense. “What is the attack on...

The Ukrainian government has no moral right to make accusations regarding the murder of fugitive Russian journalist Arkady Babachenko in Kyiv. Senator Alexey Pushkov stated this today in the Federation Council of the Russian Federation. “The Chairman of the Government and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine have already made accusations against Russia. The accusations are made by the government, which has not named the killers of Oles Buzina,...

From Foggy Albion they report with terrible embarrassment: “mortally poisoned by the GRU” Skripal left the hospital on his own two feet. Sky News reported this with reference to a press release from the UK Department of Health. Everything was resolved in the best traditions of a Hollywood happy ending: everyone is alive, we must be happy! However, judging by the lean faces of “our Western partners,” the Skripals, radiant with health and blush, have acquired the gift...

Israel values ​​its relations with Russia and does not succumb to pressure on this matter. Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman stated this in an interview with Kommersant. “Over the past decades, we have built a special relationship with Russia, very constructive and transparent. We value this relationship with Russia. Even when our closest partners put strong pressure on us...", –...

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe refused to hold a debate regarding the “poisoning” of Skripal and the Russian presidential elections in Crimea. Verkhovna Rada deputy from the BPP, head of the Ukrainian delegation to PACE, Vladimir Ariev, announced this on his Facebook page. “The PACE Bureau, with the voices of the left and socialists, refused to hold an urgent debate at the request of Great Britain, Ukraine and others for...

Ukraine decided to withdraw from the treaty of friendship and cooperation with Russia, taking advantage of the anti-Russian hysteria in the West and the fact that such a step would not be condemned by its “partners.” Political strategist of the President of Ukraine Oleg Medvedev said this on air on the ZIK TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to him, today is a convenient moment for any anti-Russian actions. "I would...

On Ukrainian TV they burst out with criticism of the West - they gave Russia a “thrashing” for the spy Skripal, and for the Donbass they get off with standard phrases, like parrots. Verkhovna Rada deputy Georgy Logvinsky stated this on the air of the talk show “Right to Power,” a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to the politician, Ukraine is as close to Westerners as Honduras. “Sanctions are being introduced...

Judging by a brief note released yesterday from the OPCW Technical Secretariat, which states that “a toxic substance in its pure form, without impurities” was used in the Skripal case, this substance was produced in Western laboratories. This opinion was expressed in an interview with Moskovsky Komsomolets by a former member of the UN Commission on Biological and Chemical Weapons in Iraq and Libya, an expert of the Supreme Environmental Council, Igor Nikulin.…

On the night of Friday, April 6, the almost two and a half hour hearing of the “Skripal case” No. 8224 in the UN Security Council, convened on the initiative of the Russian Federation, ended. In addition to the permanent members of the Security Council, the hearing was attended by non-permanent members elected for a term of two years: Bolivia, Côte d'Ivoire, Kuwait, the Netherlands, Peru, Poland, Sweden, Equatorial Guinea and Ethiopia. The Permanent Representative of Peru presides. From…