Former Russian spy critically ill in Britain after exposure to unidentified substance

**harrybarracuda** · 26-03-2018, 08:23 PM

Originally Posted by Klondyke

^not so simple. He arrived to London in 2000 and till he died in 2006, it had happened a lot, beside the "consulting" MI6...

It's extremely simple you moron. It's bullshit.

**Klondyke** · 26-03-2018, 08:52 PM

With Skripals it's screeching (screech, squeak, creak = skripal in Russian): 4 hours GPS blackout

That day for 4 hours in the morning, they switched off their mobiles.

(cannot find it on RT, can we believe UK's media?)

**OhOh** · 26-03-2018, 09:05 PM

There does seem to be a "connection" between Mr Skripal (ex UK Spy) -> Pablo Miller (MI6 agent in Moscow, now living in Salisbury) -> Christopher Steele (MI6 agent in Moscow, Fusion member/Cambridge Analytica/Strategic Communication Laboratories (SCL Group) and the concocted Trump dossier. Now living in salisbury) -> John Scarlet (MI6 agent responsible for sexing up the WMD Iraqi war dossier) -> Blundering Boris

Bella Caledonia it's time to get above ourselves

What is the CID seargent doing in Salisbury when he lives 30 miles away and not a local Policeman. When was he "infected", where was he "Infected". How was he cured and with what drug. What is his background?

What was blundering Boris doing at SCL group last November.

What information did Mr. Skripal give to Mr. Steele so that he might sexup his dossier presented to the ameristani democrat party?

Was Mr. Skripal poisoned to shut him up by MI6/UK Government?

When will the cctv from Salisbury made available to the press.

Where are the Skripals being treated?

**Wilsonandson** · 26-03-2018, 09:46 PM

He's got a point, our Peter!

**Wilsonandson** · 26-03-2018, 10:10 PM

Was it an inside job?

**Cujo** · 26-03-2018, 10:41 PM

An interesting development.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/...skripal-attack

I don't think such a serious response would be made by so many countries without compelling reason. Even if it's not public knowledge.

**harrybarracuda** · 26-03-2018, 10:42 PM

While our resident tinfoil hat brigade scramble to blame it on everyone else, the rest of the world takes action against the real culprit.

WORLD NEWSMARCH 26, 2018 / 4:04 PM / UPDATED 16 MINUTES AGO

U.S. and EU expel scores of Russian diplomats in response to UK nerve attack

Michael Holden, Roberta Rampton
6 MIN READ

LONDON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States said on Monday it would expel 60 Russian diplomats, joining governments across Europe punishing the Kremlin for a nerve agent attack on a former Russian spy in Britain that they have blamed on Moscow.

It was the strongest action that U.S. President Donald Trump had taken against Russia since coming to office. He has come under criticism from Democrats and from members of his own Republican party for failing to be tough enough on Russia over allegations of Russian meddling in the U.S. electoral system including the 2016 presidential campaign.

Besides the United States, 14 European Union countries also expelled Russian diplomats, European Council President Donald Tusk said. Ukraine and Canada also took action, and in total Monday’s announcements affected more than 100 Russian diplomats - the biggest Western expulsion of Russian diplomats since the height of the Cold War.

British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson tweeted that, “Today’s extraordinary international response by our allies stands in history as the largest collective expulsion of Russian intelligence officers ever and will help defend our shared security.”

British Prime Minister Theresa May said the coordinated measures “clearly demonstrate that we all stand shoulder to shoulder in sending the strongest signal to Russia that it cannot continue to flout international law”.

Russia’s Foreign Ministry called the actions a “provocative gesture” and promised to respond. The Kremlin spokesman said the West’s response was a “mistake” and that Russian President Vladimir Putin would make a final decision about Russia’s response.

Moscow has denied being behind the attack on Sergei Skripal and his daughter in the southern English city of Salisbury on March 4. Skripal, 66, and his 33-year-old daughter Yulia were found unconscious on a public bench in a shopping center, and remain critically ill in hospital.

The staff expelled by the United States included 12 intelligence officers from Russia’s mission to United Nations headquarters in New York. Trump also ordered the closure of the Russian consulate in Seattle.

“To the Russian government we say: when you attack our friends, you will face serious consequences,” a senior U.S. administration official told reporters, speaking on condition of anonymity.

The individuals concerned and their families have been given a week to leave the United States, according to one of the officials briefing reporters.

Trump, who before he took office in January last year promised warmer ties with Putin, last week congratulated the Russian leader on his re-election, drawing criticism from Republicans and Democrats alike. Trump said the two leaders had made tentative plans to meet in the “not too distant future.”

“The last time that the United States expelled so many Russian spies was when the Reagan administration ordered 55 Soviet diplomats out of the country in 1986,” said Angela Stent, director of the Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies at Georgetown University.

“This U.S. solidarity with Britain and other European allies after the Skripal poisoning is unprecedented in the post-Soviet era and highlights the continuing downward spiral of Russia’s relations with the West,” she said.

EU leaders said last week that evidence of Russian involvement in the Salisbury attack presented by British Prime Minister Theresa May was a solid basis for further action.

Germany and France made good on those threats by announcing expulsions and in a coordinated move, a string of other EU states also ordered expulsions, along with Canada and Ukraine.

Skripal’s poisoning, alleged to have employed the Soviet-era military-grade nerve agent Novichok, is the first known offensive use of a nerve toxin in Europe since World War Two.

“In solidarity with our British partners, we have today notified the Russian authorities of our decision to expel four Russian personnel with diplomatic status from French territory within one week,” said French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves le Drian.

“RESPONSE WILL BE SYMMETRICAL”

Tusk said further measures could be taken in the coming weeks and months.

Russia said it would respond in kind.

“The response will be symmetrical. We will work on it in the coming days and will respond to every country in turn,” the RIA news agency cited an unnamed Foreign Ministry source as saying.

The Kremlin has accused Britain of whipping up an anti-Russia campaign and has sought to cast doubt on the British analysis that Moscow was responsible. Russia has already ordered 23 British diplomats out of the country after Britain expelled 23 diplomats.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova suggested that the EU’s expression of support for Britain was misguided given that it would be leaving the bloc next year.

“Britain is leaving the European family. No one canceled Brexit, and the divorce process is in full swing,” Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova wrote on Facebook.

“Therefore a country which is leaving the European Union is exploiting the solidarity factor and is foisting on those countries that remain a worsening of relations with Russia.”

A British court has said Skripal and his daughter may have suffered brain damage, while a policeman who went to help them has also indicated that he has suffered lasting damage to his health.

British Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson hailed the support for Britain during a visit on Monday to Estonia. Britain has troops there as part of a NATO mission to deter any Russian aggression following its seizure of Ukraine’s Crimea in 2014.

“The world’s patience is rather wearing thin with President Putin and his actions,” Williamson said.

“Their aim is to divide, and what we are seeing is the world uniting behind the British stance - and that in itself is a great victory and sends an exceptionally powerful message to the Kremlin and President Putin.”

Reporting by John Irish in Paris, Gabrielle Tetrault-Farber and Christian Lowe in Moscow, Alissa de Carbonnel in Bulgaria, and David Mardiste in Tallinn; Editing by Guy Faulconbridge, Kevin Liffey and Frances Kerry

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-russia-usa/u-s-and-eu-expel-scores-of-russian-diplomats-in-response-to-uk-nerve-attack-idUSKBN1H21MR

**Cujo** · 26-03-2018, 10:51 PM

Wow, having read back over the last page or two of conspiracy nutjob theories the ruskies must be laughing their arses off.
Every crazy plot and conspiracy except. Maybe it was the Russians.
FFS.

**Neverna** · 27-03-2018, 12:15 AM

Originally Posted by Cujo

An interesting development.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/...skripal-attack

I don't think such a serious response would be made by so many countries without compelling reason. Even if it's not public knowledge.

That same argument was put forward on the Iraq WMD issue.

**harrybarracuda** · 27-03-2018, 12:19 AM

Originally Posted by Neverna

That same argument was put forward on the Iraq WMD issue.

No it wasn't. Most of them were paid, either in money or in kind.

It took a lot of negotiation just to put together a "coalition".

**harrybarracuda** · 27-03-2018, 12:20 AM

Originally Posted by Cujo

Wow, having read back over the last page or two of conspiracy nutjob theories the ruskies must be laughing their arses off.
Every crazy plot and conspiracy except. Maybe it was the Russians.
FFS.

Vlad must be furious that his little embassy shindig the other week failed miserably.

In fact his foreign ministry must be frantically summoning ambassadors as we speak.

**Neverna** · 27-03-2018, 12:31 AM

Originally Posted by Neverna

That same argument was put forward on the Iraq WMD issue.

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

No it wasn't. Most of them were paid, either in money or in kind.

It took a lot of negotiation just to put together a "coalition".

Eh? I'm talking about the: "they must know something even if it's not public knowledge" argument.

**harrybarracuda** · 27-03-2018, 12:47 AM

Originally Posted by Neverna

Eh? I'm talking about the: "they must know something even if it's not public knowledge" argument.

But they did know something. They're the ones that sold him all the shit.

**Neverna** · 27-03-2018, 12:49 AM

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

But they did know something. They're the ones that sold him all the shit.

**Chittychangchang** · 27-03-2018, 04:02 AM

Russia is going to become polarised over this.

Nutters have been taking the piss for too long.

Need to expell them from Thailand now for a proper revolution.

Back to the cold war days...

**tomcat** · 27-03-2018, 05:56 AM

...from the BBC:

One must assume that many or most of the Russian diplomats designated for expulsion are intelligence operatives. Thus the cumulative impact on Russia's overseas intelligence activities could be considerable.
Russia must now ponder what actions it will take in response. But President Putin could never have imagined there would be this degree of solidarity.
Russia perceived Britain as weak and increasingly isolated; the EU as distracted; and the Trump administration as off-balance and compromised by President Trump's own curious unwillingness to castigate Moscow.
Mr Putin may have made a serious mistake. This is in many ways a remarkable display of concerted European action, though he may prefer to note that by no means all members of the EU have participated.

**Klondyke** · 27-03-2018, 07:33 AM

Originally Posted by tomcat

One must assume that many or most of the Russian diplomats designated for expulsion are intelligence operatives.

And that in contrast to the "diplomats" of other countries...

**Klondyke** · 27-03-2018, 07:40 AM

Let's not forget that all the actions are against the Russian govt, not the Russian people - as May has pointed out.
How heart-warming, it's more than the good Bliar had done: sacrificed lives (not his) of his own subjects to liberate the Iraqi people from dictator (their lives not counted)...

**tomcat** · 27-03-2018, 07:46 AM

...^red herrings from your bottomless basket: Jesus had nothing on you...

**misskit** · 27-03-2018, 09:11 AM

US and 23 other countries join mass expulsion of Russian spies to 'dismantle' Putin espionage network

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/03/26/donald-trump-expels-60-russian-diplomats-response-salisbury/

**OhOh** · 27-03-2018, 11:15 AM

Originally Posted by Cujo

I don't think

Originally Posted by Cujo

I don't think

Try and consider the weapons ameristan and UK have to pressurise weaker countries and what other items are being decided worldwide currently. Add them to the equation and you might, just, be aware of the pressure inside the pressure cooker, currently.

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

the rest of the world takes action

"The US has ordered the expulsion of 60 Russian officials who Washington says are spies, including a dozen based at the United Nations, and told Moscow to shut down its consulate in Seattle, which would end Russian diplomatic representation on the west coast.

The EU members Germany, France and Poland are each to expel four Russian diplomats with intelligence agency backgrounds. Lithuania and the Czech Republic said they would expel three, and Denmark, Italy and the Netherlands two each. Estonia, Latvia, Croatia, Finland, Hungary, Sweden and Romania each expelled one Russian. Iceland announced it would not be sending officials to the World Cup in Russia.

Ukraine, which is not an EU member, is to expel 13 Russian diplomats, while Albania, an EU candidate member, ordered the departure of two Russians from the embassy in Tirana. Macedonia, another EU candidate, expelled one Russian official.

Canada announced it was expelling four diplomatic staff serving in Ottawa and Montreal who the Canadian government said were spies. A pending application from Moscow for three more diplomatic posts in Canada is being denied.

Australia confirmed that it too would expel two Russian diplomats who were in the country as undeclared intelligence officers, giving them seven days to leave."

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/mar/26/four-eu-states-set-to-expel-russian-diplomats-over-skripal-attack

The "rest of the world" ? Another "sexed up" statement without any essence of truth or facts to substantiate it.

206 countries in the world, from some sources, of which 22 have sent Russian diplomats home. Less than 10%. Get a grip 'arry

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

In fact his foreign ministry must be frantically summoning ambassadors as we speak.

Already had the meeting, along with many from foreign countries. You must have missed the report.

Originally Posted by Chittychangchang

Russia is going to become polarised over this.

Russia has just shown how "polarised" it is 75+ % backed The LORD. You must have missed the Russian election 9 days ago.

Originally Posted by tomcat

President Putin could never have imagined

Sure.

Originally Posted by tomcat

Britain as weak and increasingly isolate

As well as incapable of holding any investigation that would be accepted, worlwide.

Originally Posted by tomcat

This is in many ways a remarkable display of concerted European action, though he may prefer to note that by no means all members of the EU have participated.

Onesies and twosies from the most EU countries, that participated. Oh dear I'm sure Russian citizens and their Government are shaking in fear.

Originally Posted by tomcat

red herrings

UK leaders lie, accept it. UK politicians toe the whips line, accept it, UK military kills 100,000s in illegal wars, accept it. The shit sticks.

**harrybarracuda** · 27-03-2018, 11:35 AM

Originally Posted by OhOh

Already had the meeting, along with many from foreign countries. You must have missed the report.

I'm not talking about his little propaganda garden party. That clearly had little effect.

I'm talking about his response to the Diplomatic world telling him to fuck off.

Try and keep up.

**Klondyke** · 27-03-2018, 12:23 PM

After all, when so many friendly states ("international community"?) have expressed such "solidarity", no need to investigate any longer, it's enough "highly likely", isn't it?
The case closed...

**OhOh** · 27-03-2018, 12:49 PM

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

I'm talking about his response to the Diplomatic world telling him to fuck off.

Try and keep up.

To keep the illusion in perspective and possibly for clarity:

The following countries have announced the expulsion of Russian diplomats,

Poland — 4
Lithuania — 3
Latvia — 1
The Netherlands — 2
Ukraine — 13
France — 4
Denmark — 2
The Czech Republic — 3
Estonia — 1
Germany — 4
Italy — 2
Romania — 1
Finland — 1
Croatia — 1
Sweden — 1
Albania — 2
Spain — 2
Norway — 1
Hungary — 1
The US — 60
Canada — 4
Hungary — 1
Macedonia — 1
Australia — 2

Countries of the World, allegedly on this list there are 256 , some are contested:

1

Afghanistan

2

Akrotiri
3
Albania
4

Algeria
5
American Samoa
6
Andorra

7
Angola
8
Anguilla
9
Antarctica

10

Antigua and Barbuda
11
Argentina
12

Armenia

13
Aruba
14
Ashmore and Cartier Islands

15
Australia

16
Austria
17

Azerbaijan

18
Bahamas, The
19

Bahrain
20
Bangladesh
21

Barbados

22
Bassas da India
23

Belarus

24
Belgium
25

Belize

26
Benin
27

Bermuda

28
Bhutan
29

Bolivia

30
Bosnia and Herzegovina
31

Botswana

32
Bouvet Island
33

Brazil

34
British Indian Ocean Territory

35

British Virgin Islands
36
Brunei

37
Bulgaria
38
Burkina Faso

39

Burma
40
Burundi

41

Cambodia
42
Cameroon
43

Canada

44
Cape Verde

45

Cayman Islands
46
Central African Republic
47

Chad

48
Chile
49

China

50
Christmas Island
51

Clipperton Island
52
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
53

Colombia

54
Comoros
55

Congo, Democratic Republic of the

56
Congo, Republic of the
57
Cook Islands

58

Coral Sea Islands
59
Costa Rica
60

Cote d'Ivoire

61
Croatia
62
Cuba

63

Cyprus
64
Czech Republic

65

Denmark
66
Dhekelia
67

Djibouti

68
Dominica
69

Dominican Republic

70
Ecuador
71

Egypt

72
El Salvador
73

Equatorial Guinea

74
Eritrea
75
Estonia
76
Ethiopia

77

Europa Island
78
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
79
Faroe Islands

80
Fiji
81
Finland

82

France
83
French Guiana
84

French Polynesia
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French Southern and Antarctic Lands
86
Gabon

87

Gambia, The
88
Gaza Strip
89
Georgia

90

Germany
91
Ghana
92
Gibraltar

93

Glorioso Islands
94
Greece
95
Greenland

96

Grenada
97
Guadeloupe
98
Guam

99

Guatemala
100
Guernsey
101

Guinea

102
Guinea-Bissau
103
Guyana

104

Haiti
105
Heard Island and McDonald Islands
106

Holy See (Vatican City)

107
Honduras
108
Hong Kong
109

Hungary

110
Iceland
111
India
112

Indonesia

113
Iran
114
Iraq

115
Ireland
116
Isle of Man
117

Israel

118
Italy
119
Jamaica
120

Jan Mayen

121
Japan
122
Jersey
123

Jordan

124
Juan de Nova Island
125
Kazakhstan

126

Kenya
127
Kiribati
128
Korea, North

129

Korea, South
130
Kuwait
131
Kyrgyzstan

132

Laos
133
Latvia
134
Lebanon

135

Lesotho

136
Liberia
137
Libya
138

Liechtenstein

139
Lithuania
140
Luxembourg
141
Macau

142

Macedonia
143
Madagascar
144
Malawi

145

Malaysia
146
Maldives
147
Mali

148

Malta
149
Marshall Islands
150

Martinique

151
Mauritania
152
Mauritius
153

Mayotte

154
Mexico
155
Micronesia, Federated States of

156

Moldova
157
Monaco
158

Mongolia

159
Montserrat
160
Morocco
161

Mozambique

162
Namibia
163
Nauru

164

Navassa Island
165
Nepal
166

Netherlands

167
Netherlands Antilles
168
New Caledonia

169

New Zealand
170
Nicaragua
171

Niger

172
Nigeria
173
Niue

174
Norfolk Island
175
Northern Mariana Islands
176

Norway

177
Oman
178
Pakistan
179

Palau

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Panama
181
Papua New Guinea
182

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Paraguay
184
Peru
185

Philippines

186
Pitcairn Islands
187
Poland

188

Portugal
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Qatar

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Reunion
192
Romania
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Russia

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Saint Pierre and Miquelon
199

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

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201
San Marino

202
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203
Saudi Arabia
204

Senegal

205
Serbia and Montenegro
206
Seychelles
207

Sierra Leone

208
Singapore
209
Slovakia
210

Slovenia

211
Solomon Islands
212
Somalia
213

South Africa

214
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
215
Spain
216

Spratly Islands

217
Sri Lanka
218
Sudan
219

Suriname

220
Svalbard
221
Swaziland
222

Sweden

223
Switzerland
224
Syria
225

Taiwan

226
Tajikistan
227
Tanzania
228

Thailand

229
Timor-Leste
230
Togo
231

Tokelau

232
Tonga
233
Trinidad and Tobago

234
Tromelin Island
235
Tunisia
236

Turkey

237
Turkmenistan
238
Turks and Caicos Islands
239

Tuvalu

240
Uganda
241
Ukraine

242
United Arab Emirates
243
United Kingdom
244

United States

245
Uruguay
246
Uzbekistan
247

Vanuatu
248
Venezuela
249
Vietnam

250
Virgin Islands
251

Wake Island

252

Wallis and Futuna

253
West Bank

254

Western Sahara
255
Yemen

256
Zambia

257

Zimbabwe

http://www.listofcountriesoftheworld.com

Your wish is my command.

26 March 2018 16:52

Foreign Ministry statement

564-26-03-2018

We express our strong protest in the wake of the decision taken by a number of EU and NATO member countries to expel Russian diplomats.

We consider this as an unfriendly step that is not consistent with the goals and interests of establishing the underlying reasons and searching for the perpetrators of the incident that occurred in the town of Salisbury on March 4. The provocative gesture of the so-called solidarity of these countries with London, which blindly followed the British authorities in the so-called “Skripal case” and which never got around to sort out the circumstances of the incident, is a continuation of the confrontational policy to escalate the situation.

Presenting unfounded charges against Russia in the absence of explanations of what happened and refusing to engage in meaningful interaction, the British authorities have de facto adopted a prejudiced, biased as well as hypocritical stance.

This is an attempt on the lives of Russian citizens on the territory of Great Britain. Despite our repeated requests for information addressed to London, Russia does not have any information in this regard. British allies don’t have any objective and exhaustive data and blindly follow the principle of Euro-Atlantic unity at the expense of common sense, the rules of civilised state-to-state dialogue and the principles of international law. It goes without saying that this unfriendly move by this group of countries will not go unnoticed, and we will respond to it.

Foreign Ministry statement - News - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation

**OhOh** · 27-03-2018, 12:51 PM

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

I'm talking about his response to the Diplomatic world telling him to fuck off.

Try and keep up.

To keep the illusion in perspective and possibly for clarity:

The following countries have announced the expulsion of Russian diplomats,

Poland — 4
Lithuania — 3
Latvia — 1
The Netherlands — 2
Ukraine — 13
France — 4
Denmark — 2
The Czech Republic — 3
Estonia — 1
Germany — 4
Italy — 2
Romania — 1
Finland — 1
Croatia — 1
Sweden — 1
Albania — 2
Spain — 2
Norway — 1
Hungary — 1
The US — 60
Canada — 4
Hungary — 1
Macedonia — 1
Australia — 2

Countries of the World, allegedly on this list there are 256 , some are contested:

1

Afghanistan

2

Akrotiri
3
Albania
4

Algeria
5
American Samoa
6
Andorra

7
Angola
8
Anguilla
9
Antarctica

10

Antigua and Barbuda
11
Argentina
12

Armenia

13
Aruba
14
Ashmore and Cartier Islands

15
Australia

16
Austria
17

Azerbaijan

18
Bahamas, The
19

Bahrain
20
Bangladesh
21

Barbados

22
Bassas da India
23

Belarus

24
Belgium
25

Belize

26
Benin
27

Bermuda

28
Bhutan
29

Bolivia

30
Bosnia and Herzegovina
31

Botswana

32
Bouvet Island
33

Brazil

34
British Indian Ocean Territory

35

British Virgin Islands
36
Brunei

37
Bulgaria
38
Burkina Faso

39

Burma
40
Burundi

41

Cambodia
42
Cameroon
43

Canada

44
Cape Verde

45

Cayman Islands
46
Central African Republic
47

Chad

48
Chile
49

China

50
Christmas Island
51

Clipperton Island
52
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
53

Colombia

54
Comoros
55

Congo, Democratic Republic of the

56
Congo, Republic of the
57
Cook Islands

58

Coral Sea Islands
59
Costa Rica
60

Cote d'Ivoire

61
Croatia
62
Cuba

63

Cyprus
64
Czech Republic

65

Denmark
66
Dhekelia
67

Djibouti

68
Dominica
69

Dominican Republic

70
Ecuador
71

Egypt

72
El Salvador
73

Equatorial Guinea

74
Eritrea
75
Estonia
76
Ethiopia

77

Europa Island
78
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
79
Faroe Islands

80
Fiji
81
Finland

82

France
83
French Guiana
84

French Polynesia
85
French Southern and Antarctic Lands
86
Gabon

87

Gambia, The
88
Gaza Strip
89
Georgia

90

Germany
91
Ghana
92
Gibraltar

93

Glorioso Islands
94
Greece
95
Greenland

96

Grenada
97
Guadeloupe
98
Guam

99

Guatemala
100
Guernsey
101

Guinea

102
Guinea-Bissau
103
Guyana

104

Haiti
105
Heard Island and McDonald Islands
106

Holy See (Vatican City)

107
Honduras
108
Hong Kong
109

Hungary

110
Iceland
111
India
112

Indonesia

113
Iran
114
Iraq

115
Ireland
116
Isle of Man
117

Israel

118
Italy
119
Jamaica
120

Jan Mayen

121
Japan
122
Jersey
123

Jordan

124
Juan de Nova Island
125
Kazakhstan

126

Kenya
127
Kiribati
128
Korea, North

129

Korea, South
130
Kuwait
131
Kyrgyzstan

132

Laos
133
Latvia
134
Lebanon

135

Lesotho

136
Liberia
137
Libya
138

Liechtenstein

139
Lithuania
140
Luxembourg
141
Macau

142

Macedonia
143
Madagascar
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26 March 2018 16:52

Foreign Ministry statement

564-26-03-2018

We express our strong protest in the wake of the decision taken by a number of EU and NATO member countries to expel Russian diplomats.

We consider this as an unfriendly step that is not consistent with the goals and interests of establishing the underlying reasons and searching for the perpetrators of the incident that occurred in the town of Salisbury on March 4. The provocative gesture of the so-called solidarity of these countries with London, which blindly followed the British authorities in the so-called “Skripal case” and which never got around to sort out the circumstances of the incident, is a continuation of the confrontational policy to escalate the situation.

Presenting unfounded charges against Russia in the absence of explanations of what happened and refusing to engage in meaningful interaction, the British authorities have de facto adopted a prejudiced, biased as well as hypocritical stance.

This is an attempt on the lives of Russian citizens on the territory of Great Britain. Despite our repeated requests for information addressed to London, Russia does not have any information in this regard. British allies don’t have any objective and exhaustive data and blindly follow the principle of Euro-Atlantic unity at the expense of common sense, the rules of civilised state-to-state dialogue and the principles of international law. It goes without saying that this unfriendly move by this group of countries will not go unnoticed, and we will respond to it.

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