The neuroparalytic substance used in the poisoning of former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal in Britain was placed in the suitcase of his daughter Julia before she left Moscow for Britain, writes The Telegraph, citing unnamed sources.
Scripal, 66, and his 33-year-old daughter Julia were found unconscious on a bench outside a Salisbury mall on March 4. The two have been hospitalized since then in critical condition.
Yulia Skripal flew to London from Russia on March 3, according to the counterterrorism service.
British investigators are investigating the case that he was impregnated with the neuroparalytic substance used for the attack, a garment, a cosmetic or a gift that was opened at Scripal's house in Salisbury, the Telegraph also writes, citing unnamed sources.
Britain has announced that the poisoning of the former agent and his daughter used the toxic substance Novitsok, a neuroparalytic agent created by the Soviet army.
A British police officer who dealt with the incident was also poisoned by this substance.
Following this first attack known as the use of such a weapon on European soil since World War II, Britain blamed Moscow and imposed a one-week deadline on 23 Russians, whom it accused of being spies working under diplomatic capacity at the embassy in London, to leave Britain.
Britain, the United States, Germany and France also called on Russia yesterday to explain how the toxic substance could be used on British soil. Russia denies any involvement in the incident and accuses London of provoking anti-Russian hysteria.
Russian chemist disputes British Telegraph version that the neuroparalytic substance used in the poisoning of the former agent was placed in his daughter's suitcase before leaving Moscow
A Russian chemist who is well versed in the safety issues surrounding the packaging of chemicals is particularly skeptical of the British newspaper The Telegraph, claiming in statements to the Vedomosti newspaper that there is a home-made way to poison them. and professional and these two ways of packing should not be confused.
"Substances in this category that we are interested in penetrate most of the materials of household packaging - they soak them. That is, one must professionally and in a specialized laboratory pack the clothes or cosmetics, spray the packaging externally and place it. "Professional packaging is in no way similar to home packaging, these two types of packaging should not be confused," the chemist told Vedomosti newspaper.
According to the British newspaper, the poisonous substance that attacked the former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Julia, was placed in the suitcase of his daughter Julia, specifically in clothes and cosmetics, before she left for the last time. Moscow to London. He expressed his opinion in the newspaper Vedomosti.
Yulia Skripal flew to London from Russia on March 3, according to the counterterrorism service.
British investigators are investigating the case that he was impregnated with the neuroparalytic substance used for the attack, a garment, a cosmetic or a gift that was opened at Scripal's house in Salisbury, the Telegraph also writes, citing unnamed sources.