Relationer mellem Rusland og Storbritannien har nået et farligt niveau iblandt et skænderi over et forgiftningssvindelnummer af en tidligere spion og hans datter.
Den prisbelønnede journalist John Pilger siger til RT at alt dette er propaganda, et "nøje planlagt konstrueret drama".
Kommentar: Denne artikel er delvis oversat til dansk af Sott.net fra: 'We don't even know if a Novichok program existed' - John Pilger
Unlike Russia, which has destroyed all its chemical weapons, Pilger notes that the US has yet to destroy its chemical weapons stockpiles and the UK's chemical weapons factory is just a few miles down the street from where Skripal was found.
"You have an attempted murder, you have a crime scene, and you have no evidence...and neither do you have a motive."
"Why on earth would Russia, on the eve an election, and on the eve of staging the world football cup, want to destroy its international name with such a crime?"
"There is plenty of motive on the other side. This is part of a carefully constructed drama in which the media plays a role, the government plays a role, both sides of the House of Commons play a role (unfortunately)."
Kommentar: The supposed 'evidence' supporting these claims is so flimsy that it really should be obvious to anyone that the Novichok claims are a bunch of nonsense. For more info: Skripal Likely Poisoned by British Intelligence in Effort to Smear and Silence Russian World View