Moscow’s ambassador has rejected the belief that Russia was behind the deadly Salisbury poisonings, saying it was ‘nonsense’.
Andrei Kelin, Russia’s ambassador to the UK, chuckled at the notion the UK, US, French, German and Canadian governments believe the Kremlin was responsible for the attack, which saw one woman killed and three others injured.
The Salisbury poisonings were a botched attempt to kill former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia at a restaurant in Salisbury in July 2018.
Two suspects are believed to have carried out the attempt using the deadly nerve agent Novichok, which was concealed in a perfume bottle.
Dawn Sturgess, 44, died after being exposed to the nerve agent later on in Amesbury, Wiltshire.
In an interview on the BBC’s Sunday With Laura Kuenssberg programme, Kelin was asked by Kuenssberg about the poisonings.
Kelin responded: ‘Too many governments are involved. Do they really take advice from each other? This is nonsense, really.
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