The international community is observing with the utmost attention the story that is affecting London and Moscow for the alleged use of military nerve chemicals in the attack suffered by the former Russian spy Skripal and his daughter on 4 March. Theresa May yesterday in parliament, after the first investigations, accused Russia of being the director of the unpleasant and dangerous attack with unconventional weapons which took place in extra-national territory.
Russia plays ahead and sends back the slanderous accusations to the sender, asking to participate in the investigation because they involve a Russian citizen.
In this regard, he requested samples of the nerve gas used in the attack. Meanwhile, Russian Foreign Minister Serghei Lavrov has summoned the British Ambassador to Russia. The moment is not favorable for the Russian government, as presidential elections are held at the end of the month and the World Cup begins in June. Moscow, as mentioned, immediately went into a counterattack with the Russian Foreign Minister, Serghei Lavrov who, in a statement, said he did not respond to the ultimatum, launched yesterday by Theresa May, where he judges Russian involvement in "highly probable" 'poisoning.
Lavrov asks, in the framework of the Chemical Weapons Convention, to be able to access the substances that have poisoned the two Russian citizens, in order to give a clear picture of each other.
London is currently collecting EU support, with the vice president of the European Commission, Frans Timmermans, speaking of "European, unequivocal, unwavering and very strong" solidarity, and showing the international support received from the allies: British foreign, Boris Johnson, said he was "very encouraged" and cited in particular "French President Macron, Sigmar Gabriel, his German counterpart, and Rex Tillerson, the head of the State Department.
From Washington comes the open condemnation and accusation that Russia has extended the use of chemical weapons from Syria to the streets of Salisbury.
Ahmet Uzumcu, director of OPAC (the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons) said he was "very worried" about the attack with nerve gas, the British Interior Minister, Amber Rudd, said that in the coming weeks the police and MI5 will also verify the 14 deaths that occurred in the UK and which, at the material time, were not considered suspicious but could instead be linked to Russia.
The review was urged last week by Labor MP Yvette Cooper who, referring to an investigation published in June 2017 by an American media, BuzzFeed, indicated "14 deaths treated as unsuspected by the British police" but who would have been " identified by US intelligence as potentially connected to Moscow.