Son of Novichok victim urges Putin to hand over suspects
The son of a woman killed after a Novichok attack against ex-Russian spy Sergei Skripal has urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to hand over two suspects to the UK for questioning.
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The son of a woman killed after a Novichok attack against ex-Russian spy Sergei Skripal has urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to hand over two suspects to the UK for questioning.
Russia's state-sponsored television network RT was already at risk of losing its UK license over coverage of the Salisbury nerve agent attack. An interview with the prime suspects leaves it skating on even thinner ice.
Yulia Skripal, the daughter of former Russian spy Sergei Skirpal, has been discharged from the British hospital where the pair were being treated for a nerve-agent attack just over a month ago.
US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said Wednesday the Trump administration "stands in absolute solidarity with Great Britain" following a nerve agent attack against a Russian double agent and his daughter in the English city of Salisbury last week for which the United Kingdom has blamed Russia.