Britain's interior Ministry refused to satisfy the requests of the Prosecutor General of Russia about rendering assistance in the case Skrobala, notified the Ambassador's residence in London. in justification of the refusal of the British party specifies as the source point b of article 2 of the European Convention on mutual legal assistance in criminal matters of 1959. Under this paragraph, " assistance can be refused if the requested party considers that execution of the pleas may harm the sovereignty, security, ordre public or other essential interests. in a letter to the Ministry of internal Affairs of Britain " emphasized that the decision to refuse was taken at the highest political level ". Poisoning in Britain The 4th of March in Salisbury was poisoned, former GRU officer Sergey Skripal and his daughter Julia, which caused a major international scandal. In London, immediately rushed to blame the Russian Federation. Moscow has repeatedly offered to conduct a joint trial, but Britain ignored this initiative. Also the Ministry of foreign Affairs has accused the Prime Minister Theresa may in a lie: she claimed that the poison was manufactured in Russia, but in the laboratory Porton Down is contested. later London showed pictures of the 2 "suspects" claiming it's the GRU officers