The Kremlin has denied the claim that former Russian spy Sergei Skripal asked Vladimir Putin to be pardoned and to allow him to visit his home country. The Russian embassy based in the UK wrote on social media on Saturday that there was “no letter” from Skripal to Putin. Kremlin spox: there was no letter from Sergei Skripal to President Putin to allow him to come back to Russia pic.twitter.com/xwXbfAUfUd — Russian Embassy, UK (@RussianEmbassy) March 24, 2018Moscow has stepped up its campaign to discredit Theresa May’s assertion that it is “highly likely” Russia was responsible for the attack. The Russian embassy in London reiterated its suggestion that the Porton Down defence laboratory was developing its own “military-grade poisons”. PA Archive/PA Images The Kremlin denies that Sergei Skripal asked Vladimir Putin (pictured) to be pardoned.

Source: Huffington Post March 24, 2018 18:56 UTC