Zakharova explained the position of Britain on the "case of Skripal"

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MOSCOW, March 21 (Itar-Tass) - RIA Novosti. The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, commented on the article by British Foreign Minister Boris Johnson, in which he linked the presidential elections in Russia and the poisoning of ex-colonel GRU Sergey Skripal to Salisbury.

"Why do we need a new portion of fights and attacks in the performance of the" newcomer "of British diplomacy? The answer is obvious - there are no facts, and by storming the next bottom Boris Johnson is trying to save honor (British Prime Minister - ed.) Theresa May, who pronounced punishment for the country in the form of expulsion of Russian diplomats are not the same as before the end of the investigation, but, in fact, before it begins.I recall that all the information on Salisbury has the stamp "secret", - wrote the representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Facebook.

She also suggested that in this way Johnson came up with a "motive" for Russia. "The motive was with the UK, with NATO partners, and Russia did not have a motive, it was not, it means we have to invent it," the representative of the Russian foreign ministry said.

Zakharova also noted that with his publication, Johnson is trying to "drown out the call from Moscow by the constant siren to provide all the available data on this case for the beginning of joint work to investigate the incident." She recalled that the data at the time of March 20 was provided "exactly zero - without sticks and commas".

"This article and other rambunctious rudeness like the air are necessary for the ruling elite, because Scotland Yard just said that the investigation will take many months.Much months - just like that, on the basis of what Theresa May made a conclusion about Russia's involvement, if the investigation, according to her own police, will last for months, and now the opinion of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons has been published today: it will take at least three weeks for the analysis of the substance (for analysis only), strange, the British government took this, judging by the first reaction, couple of hours " , - the representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs noted.

She added that these informational attacks of official London are understandable - they "played themselves up, lied and got stuck".

Relations between Russia and Britain sharply escalated against the backdrop of the incident in the British Salisbury, where ex-colonel of the GRU reserve, Sergei Skripal, who worked for the British special services, and his daughter Yulia, were poisoned. The British side claims that the Russian state is involved in the poisoning of the Violins by the nerve agent A234. In this regard, British Prime Minister Theresa May announced a number of measures against the Russian Federation, including the deportation of 23 Russian diplomats and the freezing of all bilateral contacts at a high level.

Russia categorically denies its involvement in the poisoning of the Violins. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation on March 17 announced retaliatory measures against Great Britain: 23 diplomatic employees of the British embassy began to persona non grata, who must leave the Russian Federation in a week. Given the disparity in the number of consular institutions of the two countries, Russia's consent to the opening and functioning of the British Consulate General in St. Petersburg is recalled. In addition, a decision was made to terminate the activities of the British Council in Russia in connection with the "unsettledness of its status."

Link: https://ria.ru/world/20180321/1516890502.html