Novichok poisonings: UK points the finger at Russia
Source: The Guardian
The UK security minister, Ben Wallace, has pointed to Russia as being responsible for the nerve agent poisonings in Wiltshire and called on Moscow to help authorities keep the people of Britain safe by giving information.
An urgent investigation is under way to discover how a British couple were left critically ill by novichok, the same military-grade nerve agent that nearly killed the former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter, Yulia, four months ago. The home secretary, Sajid Javid, has been chairing a meeting of the governments emergency Cobra committee and is to make a statement to the Commons afterwards.
Asked whether Russia could be responsible, Wallace said: Based on the evidence we had at the time of the Skripal attack, the knowledge they [Russia] had developed novichok, they had explored assassination programmes in the past, they had motive, form and stated policy, we would still assert to a very high assurance that the Russian state was behind the original attack.
The working assumption would be these are victims of the consequences of the previous attack or something else but not that they were directly targeted. That could change.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/jul/05/uk-points-russia-behind-second-wiltshire-novichok-poisoning
Okay, the next obvious question is what is Britain going to to do, after the formalities have been dispensed, and then what if the sexual predator going to do, since Britain is in essence a NATO ally.......................this is just fucked up, there are not to many governments running around with nerve agents and the composition of the agent points again at the criminal enterprise in Russia, and this country narcissistic malignant asshole is going a to have a one on one.................
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)Russia shot down a commercial airline and killed everyone on board over Ukraine. Took Criimea by force, but shithole and the Republicans turn their ugly heads and embrace Russia.
Russia helped in stealing the 2016 elections and are planning to do the same in 2018 and thereon. But the Republican party embraces Russia and rather party with them on July 4th.
lostnfound
(16,162 posts)moondust
(19,962 posts)was shown on Sky News saying Novichok would not survive 3 months in the wild with the rains and all. But what if it was in a jar or something that the terrorist threw out after planting it for the Skripals? Maybe the new victims found the jar and opened it.
Or maybe Pooty is pissed at Britain for blaming Russia for the Skripals and causing him more diplomatic trouble. So he strikes back with more terror.