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Prime Minister Theresa May publicly blamed Russia for poisoning a former spy and his daughter on British soil, as escalating tension between the Kremlin and the West raised fears of a new Cold War.
In a dramatic statement to a hushed House of Commons, May announced that Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia had been targeted eight days ago with a “military grade” nerve agent known as “Novichok” that was developed by Russia. She set President Vladimir Putin a deadline of midnight on Tuesday to provide a credible explanation for the attack.
“Either this was a direct act by the Russian State against our country, or the Russian government lost control of this potentially catastrophically damaging nerve agent and allowed it to get into the hands of others,” May told Parliament in London on Monday.
Prime Minister Theresa May publicly blamed Russia for poisoning a former spy and his daughter on British soil, as escalating tension between the Kremlin and the West raised fears of a new Cold War.
In a dramatic statement to a hushed House of Commons, May announced that Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia had been targeted eight days ago with a “military grade” nerve agent known as “Novichok” that was developed by Russia. She set President Vladimir Putin a deadline of midnight on Tuesday to provide a credible explanation for the attack.
“Either this was a direct act by the Russian State against our country, or the Russian government lost control of this potentially catastrophically damaging nerve agent and allowed it to get into the hands of others,” May told Parliament in London on Monday.
