Up to twenty European countries are preparing to expel Russian diplomats in connection with the case of the poisoning of a British spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Julia, writes the British print edition of the Times.

according to the publication, similar to an "unprecedented" step of the country have plans to start on the first day of the week with a review at four weeks the Russian Ambassador in the EU Markus Ederer, announced yesterday.

for example, according to the publication, which does not specify its own source of information, "a coordinated series of expulsions" have the opportunity to participate France, Germany, Poland, Ireland, the Netherlands, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic and Denmark. British Salisbury on March 4, was poisoned by a British spy ex-GRU Colonel Sergei Skripal and his daughter Julia. The British side said that in the poisoning Skrobala substance A234 involved in the Russian government, Russia is fundamentally denies.

in connection with the incident in Salisbury Prime Minister of Britain, Theresa may, announced a series of measures against Russia, and among them 23 on the expulsion of Russian diplomats and the freezing of all bilateral contacts at a high level. The Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation on March 17 announced retaliatory measures against the UK: persona non grata by 23 diplomatic employee of the British Embassy.

the head of the Russian Federation V. V. Putin has said that accusing Russia of involvement in the poisoning Skripal
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