Britain Slams 'absurd' Russian Denials Of Spy Poisoning

BRUSSELS (AP) — British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson on Monday described Russian claims that it is not responsible for the poisoning of a former spy as absurd, and said the U.K. has the full backing of its European partners. Johnson told reporters in Brussels that "Russian denials grow increasingly absurd," with contradictory claims about whether Russia produced the nerve agent Novichok used in the March 4 attack that left Sergei Skripal and his daughter in critical condition. "What people can see is that this is a classic Russian strategy of trying to conceal the needle of truth in a haystack of lies and obfuscation," he said. Johnson, speaking before briefing European Union foreign ministers on developments, said many in the bloc have been victims of "malign Russian behavior" and that Moscow is "not fooling anybody anymore.Read more on NewsOK.com

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