called them a crude provocation as well they also said again that these accusations against russia are false and that the u.k. is clearly opted for a further escalation excuse me as collation of tensions and they also said they will respond with their own measures soon we don t yet know what measures they mean but specifically the statement also mentions those twenty three russian diplomats and in previous cases when russian diplomats were expelled including from the u.k. russia has reacted with a tit for tat tit for tat there and has expelled diplomats as well so we ll have to wait and see what the foreign ministry decides decides there but it looks like to her top and of course russia continues to deny any involvement and accuses britain not just of russophobia but also of ignoring international agreements. yes absolutely they are responding by denying any involvement and they also said
moscow has reacted angrily it has vowed to retaliate calling prime minister to resign may s move unprecedented and a crude provocation. may announce the measures after russia nor the deadline to provide an explanation for the attack she said moscow s failure to cooperate showed what she called a disdain for the gravity of the events her conclusion when it came was unambiguous mr speaker there is no alternative conclusion other than that the russian state was culpable for the attempted murder of mr scrip owl and his daughter and for threatening the lives of other british citizens in salzburg including detective sergeant nick beatty she said the steps against moscow would include the freezing of some russian assets and this is special of high level contacts be the headline move though was what will be the largest expulsion of russian diplomats from the u.k. in more than thirty years under the vienna convention the united kingdom will now expel twenty three russian diplomats who have been
here in germany chancellor merkel has said the european union will support the u.k. s position moscow says it will retaliate calling three s a maze move an unprecedentedly crude provocation. may announce the measures after russia nor the deadline to provide an explanation for the attack she said moscow s failure to cooperate showed what she called a disdain for the gravity of the events her conclusion when it came was unambiguous so mr speaker there is no alternative conclusion other than that the russian state was culpable for the attempted murder of mr script pile and his daughter and for threatening the lives of other british citizens in salzburg including detective sergeant nick daly she said the steps against moscow would include the freezing of some russian assets and this is special of high level contacts be the headline move though was what will be the largest expulsion of russian diplomats from the u.k. in more than thirty years under the vienna convention the united kingdom w