
Skripal Suspects: 'We Were Just Tourists In Salisbury'
The two men suspected of poisoning a Russian ex-spy in the UK say they were tourists.
The pro-Kremlin TV channel RT has featured an interview with the two men accused by the UK of trying to kill Russian ex-spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in March. The men said they are simply Russian businessmen who were on a short break abroad. We'll get more details from our Russian service.
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( Photo: Two Russian men with the same names as those accused by Britain over the Skripal case appearing in an interview on RT. Credit: RT/Reuters)
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