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RFE/RL: Niece says poisoned Russian ex-spy has slim chance of survival

Published March 29, 2018 at 10:11 am

Military personnel wearing protective coveralls work to remove a vehicle as part of the ongoing investigation in connection with the major incident sparked after a man and a woman were apparently poisoned in a nerve agent attack a week ago on March 12, 2018 near Middle Winterslow.British Prime Minister Theresa May chaired a meeting of her national security team after weekend confirmation that traces of a nerve agent used in the attempted murder of former Russian spy Sergei Skripal, and his daughter Yulia, were found in a pub and a restaurant they visited.

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The niece of former Russian spy Sergei Skripal says he and his daughter Yulia have only a slim chance of surviving a nerve- agent attack in England that became a major international incident.

Viktoria Skripal told the BBC’s Russian service on March 28 that the prognosis for the pair “really isn’t good,” more than three weeks after being exposed to what the British government has said was a military-grade nerve agent called Novichok.