14 QUESTIONS THAT DESERVE TO BE ANSWERED

1. Why has Russia been denied the right of consular access to the two Russian citizens, who came to harm on British territory?
2. What specific antidotes and in what form were the victims injected with? How did such antidotes come into the possession of British doctors at the scene of the incident?
3. On what grounds was France involved in technical cooperation in the investigation of the incident, in which Russian citizens were injured?
4. Did the UK notify the OPCW (Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons) of France’s involvement in the investigation of the Salisbury incident?
5. What does France have to do with the incident, involving two Russian citizens in the UK?
6. What rules of UK procedural legislation allow for the involvement of a foreign state in an internal investigation?
7. What evidence was handed over to France to be studied and for the investigation to be conducted?
8. Were the French experts present during the sampling of biomaterial from Sergei and Yulia Skripal?
9. Was the study of biomaterials from Sergei and Yulia Skripal conducted by the French experts and, if so, in which specific laboratories?
10. Does the UK have the materials involved in the investigation carried out by France?  
11. Have the results of the French investigation been presented to the OPCW Technical Secretariat?
12. Based on what attributes was the alleged “Russian origin” of the substance used in Salisbury established?
13. Does the UK have control samples of the chemical warfare agent, which British representatives refer to as “Novichok”?
14. Have the samples of a chemical warfare agent of the same type as “Novichok” (in accordance to British terminology) or its analogues been developed in the UK?

Expulsion of Russian Diplomats

Top 4

1. United States: 60 diplomats and closure of the Russian Consulate in Seattle. Of those being expelled, 48 of the alleged intelligence agents work at the Russian Embassy in Washington and 12 are posted at the United Nations in New York.
2. United Kingdom: 23 diplomats
3. Ukraine: 13 diplomats
4. NATO: 7 staff from Russian Moscow, cutting staff from 30 to 20

Expulsion of 4 diplomats: France, Germany, Poland, Canada additionally is refusing three applications by Moscow for additional diplomatic staff.

Expulsion of 3 diplomats: Lithuania will also sanction an additional 21 individuals and ban 23 more from entering the country, Czech Republic, Moldova.

Expulsion of 2 diplomats: Albania, Australia, Denmark, Italy, Netherlands, Spain

Expulsion of 1 diplomat: Belgium, Croatia, Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Ireland, Latvia (+ one private citizen who runs the office of a Russian company in Riga), Macedonia, Montenegro, Norway, Romania, Sweden

Countries having declined to expulse Russian diplomats

1. Austria
2. Bulgaria
3. Cyprus
4. Greece
5. Luxembourg
6. Malta
7. New Zealand
8. Portugal
9. Serbia
10. Slovenia
11. Slovakia