Yulia and Sergei Skripal in Salisbury. The picture was taken a few hours before the poisoning.
"All these years (6 years) we have been sending dozens of diplomatic notes. They received nothing but unsubscribes for this. In response to another note from the Russian Embassy in London, for the first time since mid-2018, the British Foreign Office finally received a response note, which, with some reservations, can be considered a semblance of a belated official reaction,” said Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova at a briefing on Wednesday.< /p>
The note reports that Yulia Skripal allegedly took note of the offer of consular assistance, but rejected it.
"How similar is all this to the recent fakes regarding the British Duchess Kate Middleton. They wrote so much about her. And now they are doing the same with Yulia Skripal, describing her alleged decision,” Zakharova commented.
The diplomat added that, as the British Foreign Ministry assures, the Russian woman has contact information for the consular department of the Russian embassy in London. In addition, responding to the demand for information about the official results of the investigation into the Salisbury incident, British diplomats said they would not comment on this topic, since the relevant legal procedures are still ongoing.