This article is from the source 'independent' and was first published or seen on . It last changed over 40 days ago and won't be checked again for changes.
You can find the current article at its original source at http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/salisbury-spy-poisoning-latest-russia-uk-sergei-skripal-playing-with-fire-a8291051.html
The article has changed 7 times. There is an RSS feed of changes available.
| Version 0 | Version 1 |
|---|---|
| Russia warns UK it is 'playing with fire and will be sorry' over Salisbury spy poisoning | Russia warns UK it is 'playing with fire and will be sorry' over Salisbury spy poisoning |
| (35 minutes later) | |
| A Russian ambassador to the UN has warned British officials that they are "playing with fire" and would be "sorry" over their response to a nerve agent attack on a former Russian double agent in Salisbury. | |
| Theresa May has said Russia was "highly likely" behind the attack, but Ambassador Vasily Nebenzya called her allegations "horrific and unsubstantiated". | |
| "Couldn't you come up with a better fake story?" he asked at a UN Security Council meeting, adding: "We have told our British colleagues that you're playing with fire and you'll be sorry." | |
| Russia called the Security Council meeting after the country was locked out of a probe of the poisoning conducted by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons. | |
| Britain called upon the watchdog group to investigate after ex-spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter, Yulia, were poisoned last month. Officials said the nerve agent used in the attack was Novichok – a chemical weapon developed by the Soviet Union in the late 1990s. | |
| Mr Nebenzya said the poison had been developed in many countries, "in spite of the obviously Russian name". | |
| The ambassador also accused Britain of attempting to "discredit and delegitimise" Russia. | |
| More follows... | More follows... |