April 9, 2018 / 4:16 PM / in 37 minutes

Yulia Skripal to seek political asylum: RIA citing cousin

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MOSCOW (Reuters) - Yulia Skripal, who was poisoned along with her father, ex-spy Sergei Skripal, in Britain, is to seek political asylum, Russia’s RIA news agency reported on Monday, citing a relative.

An undated photograph shows Yulia Skripal, daughter of former Russian Spy Sergei Skripal, taken from Yulia Skripal's Facebook account in London, Britain, April 6, 2018. Yulia Skripal/Facebook via REUTERS

“I know that Yulia Skripal’s statement about political asylum is coming already,” her cousin, Viktoria Skripal, said on a Russian TV talk show, according to RIA.

Reporting by Maria Tsvetkova; Editing by Christian Lowe

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