DISINFO: London failed to provide proof of Novichok and Russia's responsibility in Skripal case
SUMMARY
In the case of the alleged attack with the "deadliest nerve agent of all time" on father and daughter Skripal in Salisbury, UK, in 2018, the Western community immediately accused Russia of being the perpetrator, based on British intelligence. To this day, London has failed to provide any proof of Novichok and Russia's responsibility.
RESPONSE
Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narratives about the Skripal poisoning.
Moscow's involvement in the poisoning of the Skripals has been proven via a thorough investigation. The British Police have presented a solid chain of evidence on the Skripal case, with pictures, connecting the suspects to the locations in the case. Parts of the material have been released to the public. The evidence was sufficient to charge two Russian nationals, Anatoliy Chepiga and Aleksandr Mishkin with the attack on the Skripals, both Russian military intelligence operatives from the GRU, who travelled to the UK using fake names and documents.
Following this attack, the United Kingdom notified the OPCW, invited them to confirm the identity of the substance involved, and briefed members of the Security Council. The OPCW’s independent expert laboratories confirmed the UK’s identification of the Russian produced Novichok nerve agent. Russia is a member of the OPCW.
The UK's official assessment of the incident was supported by 28 other countries which responded similarly. Altogether, an unprecedented number of 153 Russian diplomats were expelled around the world, while the EU put the suspects on its sanctions list. Read further debunking by The Insider.
Similar cases claimed that it is unclear, who really poisoned Sergei and Yuliya Skripal, that Skripal and Navalny cases are both fake and were invented by the US and that Novichok is a purely “Western product”.