Vladimir Putin has called the former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal a “scumbag” and a “traitor”, as he angrily denied allegations that the Kremlin ordered his poisoning with a nerve agent. Britain says Russian intelligence officers poisoned them with novichok. Attention has focused on two Russian men who British prosecutors say were intelligence agents sent to kill Skripal. British police had earlier said the two men travelled under aliases. The use of a nerve agent in the UK by Russian agents has led to the worst diplomatic fallout between London and Moscow since the cold war.

Source: The Guardian October 03, 2018 13:03 UTC