Alexander Morozov: "Putin has already too bad a reputation"

"It doesn’t matter who was killed - the Philippine or Russian, the merchant of Heroin or the former scout. The fundamental fact is the use of combat poisonous substance in one of the NATO countries. According to the degree of threats, i.e., in terms of" color "dangers in the classification of threats, this is already a" red "event, then only an attempt at the atomic station or poisoning of water supply," the publicist writes and writes, - writes a publicist and writes Facebook political scientist, commenting on the ongoing investigation of the poisoning of Sergei Skripal and his daughter.

"This type of event falls simultaneously both to the powers of the special services and the powers of the military (since it is not just about the terrorist attack, but about the use of military matter). I have no doubt that NATO immediately requested all its countries - their intelligence and military departments - about the possible origin of the poisonous substance. Who was striking? Reputation: he refused to cooperate about the origin of Polonia during the murder of Litvinenko, refused to cooperate on Boeing.

There is no doubt that in both cases some "Russians" acted. It does not matter: they are current employees of special services or former employees who have switched from espionage to an international mafia. The Kremlin should have answered these questions as quickly as possible. But every time he chooses a different position: at first he muddy and unconvincingly refutes, and then simulates the readiness of cooperation, but only demanding the investigative materials of other countries. Therefore, the "escalation of the conflict" is inevitable. The trust in the Kremlin is radically undermined. Putin wants not to investigate this extremely dangerous event in partnership with Western countries, but simply to sit down to a situation where he is right: the sprayers of the combat gas will turn out to be Russian, but with American, Israeli or whatever passports, their connection with Russian special services in the past or membership in some informal combat groups - it will not be possible to establish significantly.

At the same time, the fact of world politics will not remain these muddy half-evidence, but the fact that the Kremlin refused to conduct an internal investigation vigorously, make the results public and join the arrests for arrests, which will be issued around the world on people who are “possibly Russians, and perhaps not, perhaps they are ethnically from the countries of the former USSR, and perhaps they are not from there” is all completely non-wound.

The statement that the Investigative group of the UK was created is a form of departure from actions. Because the question of storing copies of combat substances prohibited by the Convention is under the jurisdiction of the FSB and military intelligence.

Therefore, it makes no sense to continue to be surprised at the "bad news" in relations between Moscow and the European Union, NATO and individual countries of Europe. "