The
Russian Foreign Ministry said that the names and photos of alleged
Russians suspected of poisoning Sergey and Yulia Skripal released by
the UK does not mean anything to Moscow as of now.
The
Foreign Ministry reacted to the news, saying the UK’s accusations
over alleged involvement in the Salisbury and Amesbury incidents were
groundless.
“Names
as well as photos [of the suspects] published in the media don’t
mean anything to us,” Maria Zakharova, a spokeswoman for the
ministry, said later in the day. She said Moscow is calling on London
“to abandon making public accusations and media manipulations”
and opt instead for “practical cooperation between law
enforcement agencies.”
The
Kremlin also dismissed London’s claims by saying that the data the
British authorities presented are “incomprehensible.” “We
have just heard or seen two names but these names mean nothing to me
personally,” the Russian president’s aide, Yury Ushakov,
said.
He
further added that the UK police themselves admitted that “these
names were apparently aliases.” “I don’t understand why
this was done and what sort of signal the British side is sending. It
is difficult to understand,” Ushakov said.
Moscow’s
response came after UK prosecutors named two “Russian nationals”
they said were involved in poisoning the Skripals. The two men,
identified as Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov, were charged in
absentia with the attempted murder of the ex-double agent and his
daughter, along with a police officer.
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