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Britain says former Russian spy poisoned with nerve agent
And here is what Putin said....
Vladimir Putin warns enemies will ‘swallow poison’, UK confirm nerve agent ‘used to kill’ Russian spy
This is the man Trump praises, refuses to say anything negative about and refuses to impose sanctions on.
Sergei Skripal, once a colonel in Russia’s GRU military intelligence service, and his 33-year-old daughter, Yulia, were found slumped unconscious on a bench outside a shopping center in the southern English city of Salisbury on Sunday afternoon.
Both remain critically ill and a police officer who attended the scene is also in a serious condition in hospital.
“This is being treated as a major incident involving attempted murder by administration of a nerve agent,” London Assistant Commissioner Mark Rowley told reporters. “I can also confirm that we believe the two people originally who became unwell were targeted specifically.”
And here is what Putin said....
Vladimir Putin warns enemies will ‘swallow poison’, UK confirm nerve agent ‘used to kill’ Russian spy
President Vladimir Putin has warned that Moscow’s enemies will “swallow poison”, as British authorities reveal the substance used in the attempted assassination of a former Russian spy.
In an angry address aimed at the West’s sanctions over Moscow’s annexation of Crimea, Mr Putin on Thursday (AEDT) said efforts to contain Russia were “illegitimate and unfair”.
“Those who serve us with poison will eventually swallow it and poison themselves,” he said in an interview with Russian state television.
The grim threat came just hours before Scotland Yard confirmed former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia were the victims of a nerve agent.
This is the man Trump praises, refuses to say anything negative about and refuses to impose sanctions on.