Yulia Skripal has been discharged from hospital more than a month after she and her father Sergei — a former Russian spy — were allegedly poisoned by a nerve agent in the British town of Salisbury on March 4. The poisoning, which was allegedly carried out using the Soviet-era Novichok, has set off a major row between western countries and Russia. Britain and her allies blame Russia of being complicit in the attack, and expelled Russian diplomats over the incident. In response, Moscow — which denies it had a role in the attack —expelled a similar number of western personnel. Speaking outside the Salisbury hospital on Tuesday, its medical director Christine Blanshard said: “We have now discharged Yulia from Salisbury district hospital.

Source: Hindustan Times April 10, 2018 07:07 UTC