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| Yulia Skripal Issues Statement, Declines Help From Russian Embassy |
| 2018-04-12 |
| [NPR] Days after being released from a hospital, the daughter of a former Russian spy who was poisoned in southern England last month said she didn't need help from the Russian embassy, which has accused the U.K. of holding her against her will. "I have access to friends and family, and I have been made aware of my specific contacts at the Russian Embassy who have kindly offered me their assistance in any way they can," she said in a statement issued through police. "At the moment I do not wish to avail myself of their services, but, if I change my mind I know how to contact them." She said she was not strong enough to give a full interview yet, but added that until she is ready, "no-one speaks for me, or for my father." Yulia Skripal, 33, was found slumped on a bench in Salisbury on March 4 along with her father, Sergei Skripal, a former Russian intelligence officer who was convicted in Russia on charges of spying for the West and came to Britain as part of a prisoner swap in 2010. The two were later found to have been poisoned by a type of military-grade nerve agent first developed in the Soviet Union in the 1970s. London has accused the Kremlin of trying to assassinate Sergei Skripal as an example to other potential defectors, a charge Moscow has strongly denied. The case has sparked international outcry and set off a diplomatic row resulting in the expulsion of dozens of Russian diplomats from the U.S. and NATO member countries, and a reciprocal response from Moscow. |
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