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Circus at the British Parliament – Russian Foreign Ministry reacts to May's words on Skripal case | |
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A spokesperson for the Russian Foreign ministry called the hearing at the British parliament on Skripal case a circus show. | |
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"The conclusion is obvious: this is another information and political campaign, based on provocation," said Maria Zakharova, commenting on the words of Theresa May. | |
Britain has given Moscow 36 hours to explain the alleged use of a military-grade nerve agent from Russia to poison former double agent Sergei Skripal. | |
She said it was "highly likely" the attack was either a direct act by the Russian state on Britain, or the Russian government allowed its nerve agent 'Novichok' to get into the wrong hands. | |
"Before creating new fairy tales, let somebody in the kingdom tell us what was the result of the previous investigations into the Litvinenko, Berezovsky and Perepilichny cases," Zakharova suggested. | |
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