Moscow – Russian President Vladimir Putin is dismissing British accusations of Russia’s involvement in an ex-spy’s poisoning as “nonsense,” adding that Moscow is ready to cooperate with London in the probe.
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Putin on Sunday referred to the attack on ex-spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter as a “tragedy,” but added that if the British claim that they were poisoned by the Soviet-designed nerve agent were true, the victims would have died instantly.
He said that it’s “nonsense” to think that anyone in Russia could have staged such an attack shortly before Sunday’s presidential vote and before the World Cup that Russia is set to host this summer.
In his first comments about the poisoning, the Russian leader said that Moscow was ready to cooperate with Britain in the investigation.
Take the man’s word
I believe Comrade Vlad as much as I believe Li’l Rocket Man.
I will help Putin find the “real” perpetrators of this brazen attack; as soon as I’m done helping OJ find the “real” killer of his wife & Mr Goldman.
While I don’t know anything about such matters, Wikipedia states that Sergei Skripal had been arrested in Russia in 2004 and sentenced to 13 years prison, but released in an exchange in 2010. So the question presents itself why he wasn’t disposed of when Russia had him (at least for 6 years) and why Russia would wait some 7 years after his release to assassinate him. Wikipedia states that even at trial the Russian prosecutor had recommended reduced sentence in recognition of Sergei Skripal’s cooperation. Anyone understand a motive here? Of interest is the the other members of the immediate family seems to have died prematurely.
He’s old and not worth hating. He has no successor.