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| A relative of the poisoned former double agent Sergei Skripal has said she has spoken by phone with his daughter, Yulia, who was making her first contact with the outside world since falling into a coma after the 4 March nerve agent attack. | A relative of the poisoned former double agent Sergei Skripal has said she has spoken by phone with his daughter, Yulia, who was making her first contact with the outside world since falling into a coma after the 4 March nerve agent attack. |
| “She said everything is fine and she is doing OK,” Viktoria Skripal told the Guardian by telephone from Moscow. “That’s all I’m going to say.” | “She said everything is fine and she is doing OK,” Viktoria Skripal told the Guardian by telephone from Moscow. “That’s all I’m going to say.” |
| Viktoria Skripal then said a transcript of their phone call would soon be released by Russian news agencies. “Even in English,” she added. | |
| In remarks carried by Russian television, Yulia Skripal told her relative that “everything is fine, everything is fixable, everyone is getting better”, Reuters reported. | In remarks carried by Russian television, Yulia Skripal told her relative that “everything is fine, everything is fixable, everyone is getting better”, Reuters reported. |
| When asked about her father’s condition, Yulia Skripal reportedly said “everything is fine, he is resting, sleeping”. | When asked about her father’s condition, Yulia Skripal reportedly said “everything is fine, he is resting, sleeping”. |
| Viktoria Skripal, the daughter of Sergei’s late brother, has said she plans to go to London in the coming days to try to bring Yulia back to Russia. | Viktoria Skripal, the daughter of Sergei’s late brother, has said she plans to go to London in the coming days to try to bring Yulia back to Russia. |
| On Wednesday evening, Viktoria Skripal said she had applied for a British visa and coordinated her trip with the Russian embassy in London. She said she expected Alexander Yakovenko, the Russian ambassador, to meet her, and said he had helped her apply for a passport. | On Wednesday evening, Viktoria Skripal said she had applied for a British visa and coordinated her trip with the Russian embassy in London. She said she expected Alexander Yakovenko, the Russian ambassador, to meet her, and said he had helped her apply for a passport. |
| “At the moment, I have just one goal: fly there and get Yulia, at the very least Yulia,” she said on the Russia-1 state news station. Sergei Skripal’s foreign citizenship made his situation “more complicated”, she said. | “At the moment, I have just one goal: fly there and get Yulia, at the very least Yulia,” she said on the Russia-1 state news station. Sergei Skripal’s foreign citizenship made his situation “more complicated”, she said. |
| Viktoria Skripal appeared on several Russian talkshows on Wednesday, including one with Andrei Lugovoi and Dmitry Kovtun, both accused in the 2006 poisoning of the former spy Alexander Litvinenko in London. | Viktoria Skripal appeared on several Russian talkshows on Wednesday, including one with Andrei Lugovoi and Dmitry Kovtun, both accused in the 2006 poisoning of the former spy Alexander Litvinenko in London. |
| Last week, Salisbury NHS foundation trust said Yulia Skipral, 33, was no longer in a critical condition, describing her medical state as stable. | |
| Her father’s condition was described by the hospital as still critical but stable. Sergei Skripal, 66, is believed to have been the main target of the attack. | Her father’s condition was described by the hospital as still critical but stable. Sergei Skripal, 66, is believed to have been the main target of the attack. |
| NHS England said on Thursday that its policy was only to give an update on the Skripals’ condition when there had been a “significant” change. | |
| If Mr Skripal is “fine”, it will be a remarkable turnaround from the previous detailed prognosis that emerged. | |
| A high court judgement related to the case and published following a hearing across 20, 21 and 22 March revealed that both Skripals were heavily sedated. | |
| “The precise effect of their exposure on their long-term health remains unclear, albeit medical tests indicate that their mental capacity might be compromised to an unknown and so far unascertained degree,” the judgment said. | |
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