Cochise
Priest of the cult of the Dog with the Broken Paw
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Quite.
I’m as bored as anyone with the “Russians are coming” hysteria used to explain every electoral development the establishment doesn’t like. But I don’t see why people are rushing to find conspiracy theories about this poisoning.
Sergei Skripal was a Russian agent who defected. Putin could not have been clearer about what will happen to such people and it’s not the first time there has been an assassination, or attempt at one, by Russian agents on British soil. The couple hospitalised this week appear simply to have touched an object which was contaminated. It’s horrible but seems pretty clear what happened.
I don't believe it. It's possibly a Russian agent gone rogue, but I'd stake a lot of money on the Russian government knowing nothing about it. However, we never will find out what happened. Fortunately the incredibly lethal Novichok isn't.
As the Russians keep pointing out - they are basically saying that if they did it there wouldn't be survivors.