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MOSCOW, March 27 (Itar-Tass) - RIA Novosti. The official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Maria Zakharova commented on the publication in the media of materials, on the basis of which, according to her, a decision was made to expel Russian diplomats in connection with the incident in Salisbury.

In the British Salisbury on March 4, British spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Julia were poisoned. The British side claims that the Russian state is involved in the poisoning of Fiddles with substance A234, Russia categorically denies this. Following Britain, a number of EU countries, as well as the United States, Canada, Norway, Ukraine and other countries decided to expel Russian diplomats in connection with the Salisbury incident.

"This is a failure (premier of Britain - ed.) Theresa May, the largest manipulation of the world public opinion, involving the British authorities," wrote Zakharova in Facebook, noting that Kommersant had obtained "the very classified materials on the basis of which the US and the EU countries decided on the expulsion of Russian diplomats. "

The publication Kommersant published a presentation which, according to him, was shown by the British ambassador, and then distributed in print to representatives of foreign embassies a few days before the expulsion of Russian diplomats.

The newspaper writes that the presentation consisted of six slides, the first of which was the title one with the title "Incident in Salisbury." The second slide contains a timeline from 4 to 20 March and a map with the scene of the incident.

The third slide, according to Kommersant, is called the "New Phase of Russian Aggression" and contains a description of the poisonous substance, and the document itself states that Russia "without any doubts" is responsible for the incident and "no other country had at the same time the possibilities, intentions and motive ".

"There is no credible alternative explanation," the newspaper reports.

Other slides of the presentation indicate that Russia did not provide Britain with evidence of its non-involvement in the incident, as well as information that the British authorities "counted about 30 parallel attempts at disinformation," the newspaper writes.

The effect of the poison is also described and a "long list of hostile actions by Russia" consisting of 12 blocks is given.

The newspaper writes that the presentation practically does not provide new information on the "Skripal case", noting only one difference: "the re-qualification of Moscow's status from" with a high probability of "the guilty party to the guilty" without the slightest doubt. "

Link: https://ria.ru/world/20180327/1517412586.html