Sergei Skripal has been let out of hospital following the attack in March ENTERPRISE NEWS AND PICTURESPresident Putin tried yesterday to use Sergei Skripal’s recovery to cast doubt on Britain’s assertion that Moscow was behind the Salisbury poisoning. Salisbury District Hospital reported yesterday that he had been discharged. Mr Skripal, 66, a former spy once jailed in Russia for working for MI6, had been in a critical condition for several weeks after he and his daughter, Yulia, 33, were attacked with a novichok nerve agent on March 4. Mr Putin, who has warned in the past that “traitors will kick the bucket”, said that he was happy that Mr Skripal had been released and wished him good health. He also used the news to cast doubt on the finding that Mr Skripal was poisoned with a novichok agent, part of a…

Source: The Times May 18, 2018 16:14 UTC