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Ex-Russian spy Sergei Skripal discharged from hospital

Reuters Staff

 

FILE PHOTO: The forensic tent, covering the bench where Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia were found, is repositioned by officials in protective suits in the centre of Salisbury, Britain, March 8, 2018. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls/File Photo

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Sergei Skripal, a former Russian spy who was poisoned by a nerve agent in Britain more than two months ago, has been discharged from hospital, England’s health service said on Friday.

 

Sergei Skripal, 66, a former colonel in Russia’s military intelligence who betrayed dozens of agents to Britain, and his daughter Yulia were found unconscious on a public bench in the southern English city of Salisbury on March 4.

 

Britain has accused Russia of being behind the nerve agent attack and Western governments including the United States have expelled over 100 Russian diplomats. Russia has denied any involvement in the poisoning and has retaliated in kind.

 

The Skripals were in a critical condition for weeks and doctors at one point feared that, even if they survived, they might have suffered brain damage. But their health began to improve rapidly, and Yulia was discharged last month.

 

“It is fantastic news that Sergei Skripal is well enough to leave Salisbury District Hospital,” the hospital’s Chief Executive Cara Charles-Barks said in a statement.

 

Britain and international chemicals weapons inspectors have said the Skripals were poisoned with Novichok, a deadly group of nerve agents developed by the Soviet military in the 1970s and 1980s.

 

Russia has denied Britain’s charges of involvement in the first known offensive use of such a nerve agent on European soil since World War Two. It has suggested Britain carried out the attack itself to stoke anti-Russian hysteria.

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2018-5-18

[samran]

Best he not get mouthy with the locals and mind his Ps and Qs from here on in...

Edited May 18, 2018 by samran

[bristolboy]

9 minutes ago, samran said:

Best he not get mouthy with the locals and mind his Ps and Qs from here on in...

Especially locals named Boris and Natasha.

[arithai12]

The Russians said that if it had really been their military grade nerve agent, the guy wouldn't have survived.

 

I can buy that.

[Thingamabob]

This story gets stranger and stranger.

[Basil B]

10 hours ago, arithai12 said:

The Russians said that if it had really been their military grade nerve agent, the guy wouldn't have survived.

 

I can buy that.

I do not... like with other poisons it depends how much was ingested, injected, inhaled or absorbed through the skin.

 

I suspect it had been diluted (too much) to make it less detectable.

[evadgib]

https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/foreign-secretarys-keynote-speech-at-chemical-weapons-conference

[evadgib]

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/decontamination-work-complete-at-maltings-site-in-salisbury

[katana]

Strange affair with both Russia and the UK giving different versions of events. So far we've only heard people speaking on their behalfs'. Would be nice to hear the father and daughter give a TV interview to clarify what happened...

Edited May 22, 2018 by katana