Sergey and Julia Scripal will be offered to move to the United States under new names
Sergey and Julia Skripal will be offered new names and the opportunity to move to the United States in order to protect them from possible assassination attempts in the future.
This is reported by the publication Sunday Times with reference to its sources in the UK government.
According to him, an agreement on this has already been reached between representatives of British intelligence MI6 and the Central Intelligence Agency.
“They will be offered new identities,” the source said.
London intends to ensure the safety of the Skripals by relocating them to one of the countries participating in the Five Eyes agreement (a program for collecting data and spying on terrorists). Among the possible options for their relocation are Canada, the USA and New Zealand.
However, the States are the most likely option.
“There will be fewer opportunities to kill them,” the source explained.
According to him, both victims have already regained consciousness and will soon begin to help the investigation in disclosing the details of their poisoning.
Yulia Skripal rejected the offer of the Russian embassy in the UK to provide her and her father with consular support. This, according to the source, was for the special services confirmation that the woman is ready to move to the West.
Recall, the former GRU officer Sergey Skripal and his daughter Julia were found unconscious on a bench in Salisbury March 4. They were taken to the hospital in critical condition, they are still in a coma, doctors estimate their condition as consistently severe. The police found that they were poisoned nerve agent. About 20 people were poisoned, including the policeman who first visited the scene and the house of Skripal. On the fact of poisoning a case of attempted murder.
In Russia, Skripal was convicted in 2006 for spying for British intelligence. In 2010, he was exchanged for Russian intelligence agents uncovered in the United States.
After investigating, Britain came to the conclusion that the nerve agent of the new generation of the group called “Rookie” was used for poisoning. Since no country other than Russia had access to this substance, London declared that Russia was most likely responsible for the attempt.
Since then, 17 countries, including the UK and the USA, have decided expelling 129 Russian diplomats.
5 April London Police published the first statement by Julia Skripal. In it, she thanked the people who found her with her father in Salisbury and came to their aid, as well as the staff of the hospital where she is located. The woman did not provide any details about her condition or her father’s condition.
“I came to my senses more than a week ago and am glad to report that every day I gain strength. I am grateful for the interest in my fate and for the many words of support I received, ”the statement reads.
7 April it became known that Sergey Skripal also came out of a critical state and spoke.
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