Putin: OPCW meeting could put full stop to Russia-blaming in Skripal case
Published time: 3 Apr, 2018 21:44
Edited time: 4 Apr, 2018 06:26
Russian President Putin said he hopes the upcoming UN chemical watchdog meeting will put to rest the UK’s accusations against Russia in the Skripal poisoning case, adding that 20 other countries could produce the nerve agent used.
“Tomorrow we convene a session of the Executive Council of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons in order to sort out this situation in detail. We have prepared at least 20 questions for discussion. We hope that this discussion will put an end to this issue,” Putin said in Ankara, where he held a joint press conference with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
In a rare comment on the case, in which the UK is accusing Moscow of poisoning former double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia with a military-grade nerve agent, Putin said he was baffled by how quickly the incident turned into a full-blown attack on Russia.
"It's surprising how quickly an anti-Russian campaign unfolded," Putin said. The UK government made its first accusations against Moscow within hours of the poisoning, and within days it began deploying sanctions and diplomatic expulsions based on allegations that it was "highly likely" that Russia was involved. London demands that Moscow admits its guilt, but investigators are yet to draw any definitive conclusions or produce proof pointing to Russian involvement.
"As you know, I learned about the incident from media reports," Putin said. "I would only like to add that according to international experts, about 20 countries around the world are able to produce similar nerve agents."
Earlier the Russian Foreign Ministry published a list of 13 questions for the OPCW, focusing on its interactions with UK investigators in the Skripal case, the process of sample collection at the scene of the poisoning, and France's involvement in the probe. Questions concerning the probe have also been handed to the UK and France. Moscow maintains that the entire Skripal case has been a false flag operation against Russia.
Russia has launched its own criminal investigation into the poisoning. "We want to be allowed to participate in the investigation and we are counting on receiving the respective materials, since it involves Russian citizens," Putin said.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Tuesday told media he expects London to eventually apologize for its baseless allegations against Russia. He cited the fresh admission by Porton Down chemical lab’s chief that the nerve agent could not be traced back to Russia, as a "strong argument" against the "insane accusations" made by British Prime Minister Theresa May and Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson.
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https://www.rt.com/news/423112-putin-opcw-skripal-end/
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UK Foreign Office denies claiming nerve agent from Russia, despite tweet and Boris Johnson interview
Published time: 4 Apr, 2018 12:06
Edited time: 4 Apr, 2018 12:32
The UK Foreign Office denies claiming the nerve agent used in the Salisbury poisoning of the Skripals came directly from Russia. Despite admitting it sent a tweet saying exactly that, and Boris Johnson making the same claim.
The UK Foreign Office has admitted it deleted the tweet which directly stated that the nerve agent, identified by the UK as A-234 – also known as Novichok- used in the Salisbury poisoning of the Skripals, came direct from Russia.
This week British government scientists admitted they couldn’t tell where the poison came from, undermining a number of claims to come out of the Foreign Office.
READ MORE: Porton Down scientists CANNOT confirm nerve agent used on Skripals was made in Russia
London has directly accused the Kremlin on at least three occaisions of being behind the chemical attack on former double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter, Yulia.
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https://www.rt.com/uk/423162-russia-poison-government-twitter/
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Boris Johnson Lied About Skripal ON VIDEO, Putting His Job as Foreign Secretary at Risk
He lied to Germans that Porton Down scientists were adamant Skripal poison came from Russia
RT 2 hours ago
Boris Johnson put his post in jeopardy after apparently lying about Russia being proven as the source of a nerve agent used in the Skripals’ poisoning. On Tuesday, the Porton Down lab said that they hadn’t identified the source.
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https://russia-insider.com/en/boris-johnson-lied-about-skripal-video-putting-his-job-foreign-secretary-risk/ri22974
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How to Debunk the Skripal Poisoning Lie - Advice from an Expert
Catching out liars and murderers is a serious business
Charles Bausman 6 hours ago
Patrick Armstrong, one of the smartest Russia analyst's out there has some great advice here which was very helpful to me.
Points 2 and 3 really struck me, because, if he is right, than a large part of the effort in the alt-media to rebut this nonsense is in fact only doing more harm.
I think the Skripal story is where the liars finally meet their Waterloo. They got away with MH17, with Litvinenko, with killing Nemtsov, with Magnitsky, with using gas in Syria ... They got away with the snipers on Maidan Square. There is much more stretching back over the years Iraq, Georgia 2008 etc, but I don't want to belabor the point.
Skripal is just another miserable false flag right from their playbook followed up with a timed avalanche of lies in the media, and you can see how, considering what they got away with before, they think they can pull it off again.
But this time it doesn't seem to be working.
Here is Armstrong's advice:
1. It’s obvious nonsense brought to you by proven liars.
2. The point of propaganda is to leave an impression after the details have been forgotten.
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https://russia-insider.com/en/how-debunk-skripal-poisoning-lie-advice-expert/ri22959
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More than 60 dead in Russian shopping mall fire
Watch: Desperate shoppers jump from mall windows after blaze rips through Russian shopping center, killing at least 64.
David Rosenberg, 26/03/18 12:15 | updated: 12:29
At least 64 people were killed after a fire tore through a shopping center in Russia Sunday night.
Local firefighters said they had extinguished the blaze by Monday morning, which ripped through the Winter Cherry Mall in the city of Kemerovo in Siberia, nearly 2,000 miles east of Moscow.
Russia’s Investigative Committee confirmed Monday that the death toll from the fire had risen to 64, including dozens of children.
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http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/243628
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One person killed in fire in Moscow shopping mall
Society & Culture
April 04, 14:07 UTC+3
About 600 people have been evacuated from the Persey Dlya Detey children’s shopping mall in Moscow
MOSCOW, April 4. /TASS/. One person has been killed in a fire in the Persey Dlya Detey (Perseus for Children) children’s shopping mall in Moscow, the ambulance service told TASS.
"The victim evacuated from the burning facility has died in the ambulance. Efforts to save him have failed," the source said.
Three firefighters have been injured in the fire, said Ilya Denisov, head of the Main Directorate for Moscow at the Emergencies Ministry. "Three firefighters have been injured," he told reporters.
The blaze that scorched 80 square meters has been extinguished.
About 600 people have been evacuated from the burning Persey Dlya Detey shopping mall and 20 people were rescued by firefighters, the firefighting control point told TASS. "Six hundred people have been evacuated from the facility and 20 people more have been rescued," the source said.
Emergency services received reports about the blaze in the four-storeyed building at 12:32 Moscow time.
The Persey Dlya Detey shopping mall was opened in 2009 near the Semyonovskaya subway station. There are shops with children’s clothes and shoes, baby carriages, child safety seats, kids’ furniture and cribs, infant food, books and toys there. The Afina (Athena) children’s club is located on the upper floor.
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http://tass.com/society/997710
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