talked more than one week that. the diplomatic row between russia and the u.k. over the poisoning of a form of double agent continues to escalate on saturday moscow announced it would expel twenty three british diplomats in response to a similar move by the u.k. . daughter were poisoned two weeks ago in the southern town of. looks back at how the scandal developed. in a span of less than a week u.k. russia relations have been pushed to the point of an all out diplomatic war with no one looking ready to back down the screwball poisoning has created this massive divide between the two countries and despite the fact that the investigation is ongoing and scotland yard themselves have said that it may take weeks if not months to complete the politicians were much quicker it is highly likely that russia was responsible we do hold russia culpable culpable culpable for the attempted murder is cake is culpable our quarrel is with putin's kremlin and we think it

overwhelmingly likely that it was his decision moscow was quick to bite back slamming the ultimatum put forward by theresa may and calling the claims shocking and unforgettable meanwhile one's voice has been echoed across the world very sad situation certainly looks like the russians would be ideal with high probability the traces lead to russia everything leads us to believe that it's indeed russia that was behind this attempted assassination leads us to believe high probability traces those terms are wearing thin on moscow because requests for evidence have been ignored when it comes to russia the proof doesn't have to be in the putting it seems. something by the way in the kind of smug sarcastic response that we've heard from the russians that to me but tokens that indicates their fundamental guilt.

we've received very detailed information about this case which suggests that there is no other plausible alternative explanation. good track console spree has taken place against the backdrop of a reckless cut them off russian behavior much of the case against russia seems to hinge on the nerve agent in question called now the chalk but everyone seems to have forgotten that a former russian chemist who's accusing moscow of the attack himself published the formula in full in a book back in two. thousand and eight which is surely one of the reasons moscow has demanded to be provided samples of the agent used to poison screwball and his daughter poisoned with a navi shop a military grade nerve agent of a type developed by russia. if britain is so confident that it was not a truck gas then that means they have the chemical formula samples and the ability to produce it we requested the russian government to provide an explanation by the end of tuesday the thirteenth of march on how this russian produced nerve agent

could have been deployed in salzburg. they provided no credible explanation we're ready for open and constructive cooperation we don't speak the language of ultimatums and we won't allow anyone to speak to us this way and similar queries coming from jeremy corbyn in parliament were ruthlessly jeered and shot down by his fellow politicians has the prime minister taken the necessary steps under the chemical weapons convention how has she responded to the russian government's request for a sample has high resolution trace analysis been run and has that revealed any evidence as to the location of its production all the identity of its perpetrators is a consensus across the back benches of this house a really sorry that the consensus does not go as far as the right honorable should . encourage you could have taken the opportunity as the

u.k. government has done to condemn the culpability of russia. at this point london has ordered twenty three russian diplomats and their families to leave the u.k. suspended all high level contacts between the two countries and announced a partial boycott of the upcoming world cup for their part in moscow answered in kind when it comes to expelling diplomats shut down the british council and plans to close the british consulate in st petersburg and then of course we have more nations ready to impose sanctions in solidarity with the u k. against russia between flying accusations threats and diplomats being declared persona non grata the question becomes when all this tit for tat and and who will be last standing this is a carefully constructed drama that's part of the propaganda campaign that is building building now for several years in order to justify the actions of nato britain and the united states towards russia this is extraordinary you so

you have an attempted murder. you have a crime scene and you have no evidence but you but you have not and neither do you have a motive why on earth would russia on the eve of the lakes and all the staging the the world the world cup want to destroy if you like it's international law with which such a crime would make sense but there is plenty of motive on the outside russia being effectively pushed into corner with these actors age this is part of the propaganda campaign i can tell you that i'm a journalist who spent almost all my career working in the mainstream in britain. and this this is a propaganda campaign promoters of sceptically in the media and make up. the russian ambassador to the u.k. has called for restraint in the standoff with britain's allies are throwing their

weight behind the claims some european politicians are puzzled by the deepening rift suddenly between moscow and london. it's almost like a spiral of mutual accusations and self-fulfilling insinuation that i see it all reminds me of a bad james bond movies that each side is paranoid school each side pursues its own conspiracy theories. i mean while britain's foreign secretary boris johnson claims the poisoning is self evidently russian and its very nature t.-z. got it down off takes a closer look. novi chalk the new noxious scare a nerve agent with obvious russianness the chemicals even being featured in a t.v. spy thriller in a standoff between the u.k. agents and russians the show is marketed using the slogan diplomacy is overrated think it's slick about the course. because it was and it had to look it's true it's

. just a coincidence. to. us in the past that if your friend got from by force again we're off to be thinking of another tour for ourselves t.v. and cinema have made the secret service's poisoning people plot an international feature after all even the most british of all agents james bond has also found himself amid some talks and driven storylines. so are we having a case of blatant bone business here but this is of course all fiction it didn't happen in reality you avoid all the culprits with the tainted record the one that stands out is the cia one of the key targets cuba has of late come undone t.

fidel castro among the hundreds of alleged assassination attempts were cigars laced with poison and a contaminated pen so could these cells prove poisoning be blatant american this one could stretch this logic beyond any reason and say for example the u.k. has been holding its skills in the death by chemicals business since shakespeare's macbeth busted blatant englishness the cia james bond shakespeare one thing all of my theories have in common is an insane. of conspiracy we're not taking them seriously neither should anyone but when it comes to russia and proof well we've already heard the d.n.a. arguments in the election meddling scandal the story corps practices of the russians who typically or more genetically driven to co-opt. purgatory international law is being substituted for hashtags house

tag russia did it hashtag highly likely. it is r.t. international just a moment here we are about to go live to our central moscow studio for the very latest on the russian presidential election that will be with colin bray in a day or a tutor after a short break. american five folks but few months writes music notion take the example of yemen you see you do this so the genocide who are there going gone then just look who is some porting who american them british and the number walk of european countries they are a very generous nation then their support to the ag rests up so what kind of human blood sad in which to live a million children a woman does not come. with

politicians to do something. they put themselves on the line. to get accepted or rejected. so if you want to be president i'm sure. most somewhat want to be rich. but you going to be first to see what before three in the morning can't be good. i'm interested always in the waters about how. things should. joining us here on our t.v. today polling stations have been open for an hour now here in the capital for the country's presidential election but with the territory spawning almost a dozen time zones the vote has already been going over well for now more than

a half a day in some regions let's go live now to watch he's calling. central moscow studio . very good morning to you from home for the next couple of days we're bringing you our special coverage of the russian presidential election for red square one hundred million votes as of twelve hours to get the number one job in that building right behind us. fundraise. to bring you all the latest from the voting.

has been a fact all weekend that means campaigning as well as news coverage of the candidates on that manifesto. so until the polls close on sunday evening won't be able to give you much information about those vying for the russian leadership we can tell you about is the organization of the process of the vote which is more and more of the regions joined. on top of that a record number of foreign observers a present of this year's elections about fifteen hundred have registered in this use only the first round as well as more than one hundred forty thousand to observe it. from across russia so keenly watch you though you don't have to be at the polls to see what's happening just log on into each turn you can watch of aging process from the comfort of your own hands unlike absconded in as the vast majority of piling stations are equipped with cameras streaming everything online but let's take a look at some of them now showing we've got some of the pictures from the capital's

polling stations that rory mentioned poll it's been taking place for just over an hour now people are being handed their ballots and heading to the booth to make their choice some of the election officials and you can see where people will come in they'll get their voting registration certified before heading to those booth and making their choice and the first round of russia's presidential election twenty eight will be known as we've done a lot of preparation here on r.t. international and before the election we spoke with from all walks of life about what they hope for ahead of election day.

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