Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov today suggested that the poisoning of former double agent Sergei Skripal could benefit the British government by distracting attention from problems around Brexit.
"This could be in the interests of the British government which found itself in an uncomfortable situation having failed to fulfil promises to its electorate about the conditions for Brexit," Lavrov said at a press conference.
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