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Originally Posted by Gavin78
Russian wanted over novichok poisoning 'to break silence'
A Russian man wanted by the UK over the novichok poisoning of the Skripals says he will comment on the case next week.
Russian state TV made the announcement, but did not specify which of the two men identified as suspects would speak.
Hours before, Vladimir Putin said Russia has found the pair and they are "civilians" with no links to the government.
https://news.sky.com/story/man-wante...lence-11495940 |
In fairness to Putin, he is probably right, to an extent. Assuming he has full control (see above video), the security services may not want any evidence linking Putin with potentially illegal activities. As such, these men may actually appear, to all intents and purposes, to be innocent, relatively minor employees in a totally unrelated organisation. They've also doubtless gone out of their way to ensure that any orders given can not be traced back to Putin, even if he actually told someone to poison the Skripals.
If he has lost control of the Security services, someone really wants to make him look bad. That someone could be good for the west, or they could be far worse than he is.