News archive on the topic "Skripal case"

Former GRU Colonel Sergei Skripal has recovered from critical condition, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. This was reported by Reuters with reference to Salisbury Hospital. According to the AP agency, Sergei Skripal is “responding well to treatment.” The day before, British police published a statement from Yulia Skripal that she woke up more than a week ago and was feeling better every day. "All in all…

Both the US State Department and the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry employ people in high positions. which circulate statements that are far from adequate. The director of the Kyiv Center for Political Studies and Conflict Studies, Mikhail Pogrebinsky, said this at a press conference in Kiev, as reported by a PolitNavigator correspondent, and noted that the amount of nonsense that high-ranking officials have spoken about the Skripal case is immeasurable. “A representative of the State Department,…

The arguments of British Foreign Minister Boris Johnson, who accused Russia of involvement in the poisoning of former British spy Sergei Skripal, are absurd and meaningless. Mikhail Pogrebinsky, director of the Kyiv Center for Political Research and Conflictology, said this at a press conference in Kyiv, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “It is difficult to find such an arrogant, meaningless and meaningless element of argumentation. I read what someone similar says...

Analysis of the substance used to poison British spy Sergei Skripal in Salisbury does not indicate Russian involvement in this incident. Igor Rybalchenko, head of the chemical-analytical control laboratory of the scientific center of the Russian Ministry of Defense, spoke about this in an interview with Moskovsky Komsomolets, answering the question of how he felt about the statement of British officials that since Novichok was first produced in the USSR, then...

The US proposal to expel Russian diplomats in response to the poisoning of the British spy Skripal became an alternative to the real war that London wanted. This statement was made on TV channel 112 by former State Duma deputy Ilya Ponomarev, who fled to Ukraine to escape criminal prosecution, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “The UK asked for a different kind of solidarity - they wanted NATO solidarity. AND…

The British authorities are keeping their own population in the dark about the incident in Salisbury, where Sergei and Yulia Skripal were poisoned with an unknown substance. This is stated in a statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. “Information about the activities of a secret laboratory located near Salisbury in Porton Down, where, as everyone knows, work on the creation of chemical weapons was carried out, is being suppressed. Information about the events carried out the day before is hidden...

The British authorities have in fact confirmed that they have no evidence of Russian involvement in the poisoning of former British agent Sergei Skripal. Official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova writes about this on her Facebook page. "OK it's all over Now! Kommersant obtained the very secret materials on the basis of which the United States and EU countries decided to expel Russian diplomats, agreeing...

The expulsion of Russian diplomats from the United States and several European Union countries is a symbol of confrontation. This opinion was expressed in a commentary to Moskovsky Komsomolets by the head of the European Security Department at the Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Dmitry Danilov. “There are experts who say that the expulsion of several diplomats is a symbolic step, but I would say that if it is a symbol, then it is a symbol...

The decision of the American administration to reduce the number of Russian diplomats in the United States was necessary in order to divert attention from another scandal in which President Trump was involved. This opinion was expressed in a commentary to Moskovsky Komsomolets by Vladimir Vasiliev, chief researcher at the Institute of the USA and Canada of the Russian Academy of Sciences. “The decision of the American administration was influenced by Michael Pompeo, who will actually take up his duties...

Following Britain, France, Poland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are planning to expel Russian diplomats, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. This was reported by The Guardian. It is reported that yesterday at the EU summit in Brussels, the bloc's leaders discussed responses to the poisoning of double agent Skripal. The leaders of the EU countries agreed with the British point of view that...

Czech Foreign Minister Martin Stropnitsky summoned Russian Ambassador Alexander Zmeevsky over statements about the possible Czech origin of the Novichok nerve agent, which was used to poison double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. Radio Prague reports this. “Ambassador of the Russian Federation Alexander Vladimirovich Zmeevsky has been summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs tomorrow morning so that he...

The European Union intends to confirm full solidarity with the UK and announce its “updated policy” towards Russia, taking into account the incident with the poisoning of former Russian GRU officer Sergei Skripal and his daughter in Salisbury, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. This was stated by the EU representative for foreign affairs and security policy, Federica Mogherini, before the start of today’s meeting of the heads of the Foreign Ministers of the European Union, dedicated...

Great Britain, France, Germany and the United States today issued a tough anti-Russian joint statement, in which they officially accused Russia of trying to kill the former GRU colonel, double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. Reuters reports this. The full text was published on Twitter by The Guardian correspondent Jessica Elgot. The document was written on behalf of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom...

The chemical reagent used to poison double agent Sergei Skripal has been under strict American control since 1999. Vyacheslav Nikonov, Chairman of the Russian State Duma Committee on Education and Science, stated this at a talk show on the Rossiya 24 TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “As for the accusations that Russia cannot control its chemical weapons, Russia has destroyed...