Sergei Skripal: Theresa May set to hit back at Russia over spy attack [View all]

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Source: The Times of London




Oliver Wright, Policy Editor | Fiona Hamilton, Crime & Security Editor
March 12 2018, 12:01am,
The Times

Ministers prepare to announce sanctions • Health experts upgrade contamination warnings

Theresa May is on the verge of publicly blaming Russia for the attempted murder of Sergei and Yulia Skripal and ordering expulsions and sanctions against President Putin’s regime.

An announcement could come as early as today after a meeting of the government’s National Security Council at which ministers will be presented with the latest intelligence on the Salisbury attack.

Senior government sources suggested that the police and security services had established sufficient evidence to link Moscow with the nerve agent used to try to kill the former Russian double agent and his 33-year-old daughter. One said that ministers were preparing to take a “hard line on early action”.

Police and public health experts have upgraded their warnings about possible contamination, saying that hundreds of people who may have come into contact with the nerve agent should wash their clothes and other possessions.

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