UK will send 23 Russian diplomat 

The UK announced its decision to send a Russian diplomat from 23 in response to the poisoning in London of a former Russian intelligence officer Sergei Skripal and his daughter.

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This was stated by Prime Minister Theresa May, reports “Medusa".

The expulsion will be subjected to people who, according to the UK, are working for Russian intelligence.

“With this expulsion we will disrupt Russian intelligence capabilities in the UK for years,” May said.

Diplomats were given a week to leave Britain.

Britain decided to freeze all planned contacts with Russia at the highest level. The government has withdrawn an invitation from Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to visit the UK; and the members of the government and the royal family will not come to the World Cup to be held in Russia.

In turn, Russian Embassy in London called the decision to expel diplomats hostile, unacceptable, unfounded and short-sighted.

“The entire responsibility for the decline of Russian-British relations lies with the current political leadership of Great Britain,” the department noted.

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. Prime Minister Teresa May ultimately demanded an explanation from Moscow.

The authorities rejected the suspicion of involvement in the crime and refused to respond to the ultimatum, demanding to provide official information about the case.

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