Russia poised to expel British diplomats over Skripal case

Russia has reacted angrily to Theresa May's decision to expel 23 diplomats from the UK.

"London has still not provided the Russian side with any details or information that could shed at least some light on what happened".

-Maria Zakharova-
Spokeswoman, Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

In an interview with Russian news agency Sputnik, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Russia would definitely eject British diplomats in retaliation.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">BREAKING: <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Russia?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc^tfw">#Russia</a> will expel <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/UK?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc^tfw">#UK</a> diplomats in response to <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/UK?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc^tfw">#UK</a> actions soon - <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Lavrov?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc^tfw">#Lavrov</a> <a href="https://t.co/sT9XzdRdfu">https://t.co/sT9XzdRdfu</a> <a href="https://t.co/6WotJyAoGI">pic.twitter.com/6WotJyAoGI</a></p>— Sputnik (@SputnikInt) <a href="https://twitter.com/SputnikInt/status/974218414511349760?ref_src=twsrc^tfw">March 15, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Earlier, a foreign ministry spokeswoman had described the allegations of Russian involvement in the poisoning of Sergei Skripal as "insane", and accused the UK of failing to cooperate with Moscow in investigating the incident.

"We plan to introduce reciprocal steps. They are currently being worked on and will be adopted in the near future," Maria Zakharova said.

Novichok
Experts have claimed that novichok, the nerve agent used on Skripal, has only ever been produced at a single site in Russia.

However Russia told the UN security council that it has never made novichok.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Novichok sounds pretty grim: it's reportedly 10 times more potent than VX, more resistant to antidotes & more difficult to detect than other nerve agents. <br><br>More info from book "Weapons of Mass Casualties and Terrorism Response Handbook" - <a href="https://t.co/cynOQsk7fD">pic.twitter.com/cynOQsk7fD</a></p>— Lucy Fisher (@LOS_Fisher) <a href="https://twitter.com/LOS_Fisher/status/973256181849444352?ref_src=twsrc^tfw">March 12, 2018</a></blockquote>
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SOURCE: euronews
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