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Wednesday, 7 march, 2018 00:12

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A scenario that seems straight out of a movie takes place in England, where an assassin Russian would have poured a poison into the glass of beer to an ex-double agent Russian, reports the Sun newspaper.

The british experts of the ministry of Defence believe that Sergei Skripal and his daughter Youlia could have been poisoned with a modified version of the thallium, a toxin formerly used by Saddam Hussein.

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Sergei Skripal
Ex-double agent

The father of 66 years and his daughter of 33 years, were still hospitalized and in critical condition yesterday after being found unconscious in a shopping center Sunday. The poison would have been put into the lenses of the duo while they were at the Mill Pub, in Salisbury, west of London.

Skripal has always lived in fear that the Russians take their revenge, because he had transmitted to the british services information on the Russian army, according to what has been said of members of his family in the Sun.

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A large area has been forbidden access by the authorities regarding the investigation into the ex-double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Youlia, who have been poisoned. The bench where they had been found, under the tent colored, was examined.

From 1995 onwards, and until his arrest in 2004, he had provided the identity of several tens of secret agents, russians operating in Europe. He had admitted his guilt and was sentenced in August 2006 to 13 years in prison strict regime.

After his sentence, Skripal was a refugee in England, after an exchange of spies.

“It would end up badly “

“He knew that it would end up badly, that he would not be left alone,” said a close on the daily English newspaper.

The death in 2012 of the wife of Skripal a result of cancer and the death of his son in St. Petersburg last year are examined in the framework of the investigation, according to The Times. The newspaper adds that the case is treated as an assassination attempt linked to Russia.

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As a precaution, a restaurant chain Zizzi has been closed in connection with the case, as the Mill Pub.

The event has revived the tensions between England and Russia designated in the past as a threat by the political and military authorities in the uk. The minister of foreign Affairs Boris Johnson said yesterday that if the investigation showed ” the responsibility of a State “, his government would respond ” appropriately and “on-farm”.

“Tragic,” said the Kremlin

“Any attempt to take innocent life on british soil does not remain unpunished,” added Mr. Johnson.

The Kremlin has assured to have ” no information “.

“You know why he was in the West, the result of which actions and decisions, I’m not going to go back to it. And now, we observe that a tragic situation has occurred “, assured to the press a spokesman for president Vladimir Putin. He argued that his country was “willing to cooperate” in the file, but had not been solicited.

Long career

“He speaks as if the investigation was already finished, as if Russia had been found to be responsible for what happened,” said his side a spokesman for the Russian embassy in London.

Sergei Skripal had a long career in the GRU, the dreaded intelligence services of the Russian army, to become colonel.

It was passed in 1999 at the Russian ministry of foreign Affairs. Its privileged position attracted the attention of british intelligence, who were recruited from 1995, according to his statements to the justice Russian.

– Antoine Lacroix and AFP

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