First -face blow

British Foreign Minister Boris Johnson said that the order of the neuro-paralytic poison on British territory was most likely given by Russian President Vladimir Putin. It is reported by Sky News.

According to the minister, Britain has nothing against the Russian people .. "Our problem with Putin and the Kremlin," Johnson emphasized. "We believe that most likely it was his decision to use the neuro -paralytic poison on the streets of Great Britain, on the streets of Europe, for the first time since the Second World War."

Johnson again confirmed that during the poisoning of the former GRU Colonel Sergei Skripal and his daughter Julia, the Novochka substance, developed and stored in Russia, was used.

At a meeting with Johnson in London, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland Yatsek Chaputovich also condemned Russia's actions. “As for the sanctions, Poland will support such actions,” the head of the Polish Foreign Ministry said. “I think that the international community must mobilize around this case in order to demonstrate its determination to Russia, there is no excuse for violation of international law.”

The spokeswoman for the Russian president called Johnson's words shocking, TASS reports . “We have already repeatedly stated at various levels that Russia has nothing to do with this story,” Peskov said. “Any reference or mention of our president in this regard is nothing more than a shocking and unforgivable violation of the diplomatic rules of decency.”

On Thursday, the press service of the Investigative Committee announced the initiation of a criminal case of attempted murder of Russian citizen Julia Skripal, a perfect way (part 3 of Article 30 - paragraph "E" of part 2 of Article 105 of the Criminal Code), as well as cases of the murder of Nikolai Glushkov in British territory. "The investigation will be carried out in accordance with the requirements of Russian legislation and the norms of international law. The investigation is planned to involve highly qualified experts in the investigation of highly qualified experts, as well as investigators are ready to jointly work with the competent authorities of Great Britain," said the representative of the Investigative Committee of Svetlana Petrenko.

On March 4, the 66-year-old Skripal, convicted in Russia for the Stateizer and exchanged in Russian spies in 2010, and his 33-year-old daughter were discovered with symptoms of severe poisoning . Both still remain in a coma. The condition of both is evaluated as critical, albeit stable. Traces of poison were discovered in a number of public places that Skripal and daughter visited on the day of poisoning. About 20 people turned to medical help.

On Monday, British Prime Minister Teresa May said that Moscow is likely to be attempted by Skripal, since the former agent was poisoned by the Russian poison of Novice. Then Johnson demanded from Russia until the end of the day on Tuesday to present the OPCHU comprehensive information about the Novice program. In turn, the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Sergei Lavrov, refused to fulfill the requirement of London until Britain provides Russia with access to the case of poisoning case.

On Wednesday, May, due to the fact that Moscow did not answer its demand to submit explanations in connection with the incident, announced the expulsion of 23 Russian diplomats and a number of other response measures. Great Britain has no options left, except to recognize the attempt on the Skripals illegal use of force on the part of Russia, May emphasized.

On Thursday, the leaders of Britain, France, Germany and the USA of a joint statement accused Russia of poisoning Skripal. This is the “only believable explanation,” is emphasized in the statement. Western allies note that this is "the first use of the neuro-paralytic poison in Europe since the Second World War." The authors of the application demanded that Russia "clarify all the issues related to the attack" and provide all the details about the used poisoning substance.