Putin to Britain: Let's forget about the Skripal poisoning


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  • Thursday, 06 Jun 2019

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during his meeting with chiefs of International News Agencies on the sideline of St. Petersburg Economic Forum (SPIEF 2019) in St. Petersburg, Russia June 6, 2019. Yuri Kochetkov/Pool via REUTERS

ST PETERSBURG/MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday he hoped Britain's next prime minister would forget about the poisoning of a former double agent in England last year in order to improve battered ties.

The poisoning of Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in Salisbury with a nerve agent prompted a wave of diplomatic expulsions and recriminations with ties between London and Moscow shrivelling to a post-Cold War low in its wake.

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