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Russian accused by London over spy poisoning may speak next week

Ersin Çelik
16:24 - 12/09/2018 Wednesday
Update: 16:27 - 12/09/2018 Wednesday
REUTERS
Members of the emergency services help each other to remove their protective gear
Members of the emergency services help each other to remove their protective gear

One of the Russians named by Britain as a suspect in the poisoning of former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia, has said he may comment publicly on the case next week, a Russian state television station said on Wednesday.

British prosecutors last week identified two Russians who they said were operating under aliases - Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov - and who they said had tried to murder the Skripals with a military-grade nerve agent in England.

State television channel Rossiya-24 said it had spoken to Petrov and that he declined to comment on the case for now, saying only that he worked for a pharmaceutical company in the Siberian city of Tomsk.

"No comment for the moment. Maybe later. Next week, I think," he was quoted as saying.

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