"Yulia Skripal Released from UK Hospital after Poisoning."By MICHAEL WOLGELENTER and RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA April 10th, 2018 This article was about the former Russian spy and double agent, Sergei V Skripal and his daughter, Yulia Skripal. It also talked about the relationship between Russia and the UK and the impact the poisoning of Mr.Skripal had on the two.
On March 4th,2018, Sergei Skripal and his daughter were poisoned and sent to the hospital in critical condition. After investigating the scene of the crime and the poisoning of fellow detective, Nick Bailey, it was concluded that the poison was spread along the front door; making it consumable by anybody who made contact. The two were in the hospital for weeks before their condition got better and in the meantime, the UK took it upon themselves to investigate the incident. The UK blames Moscow for this occurrence because they believe this was Moscow’s way of showing that the people who leave Russia don’t actually leave Russia’s hold. The Russians, however, believe that the UK is shifting the blame on them to cause political conflict and tension. There’s evidence to support both theories but the incident is still being fully investigated. As of April 10th, Yulia had been released from the hospital and her father remained in the hospital, now in stable condition. The Skripals were both poisoned at Mr.Skripals house in the small city of Salisbury, England. Unfortunately, because this happened on UK soil and Skripal had been a former Russian spy, it brings up many more questions about Moscow and Russia as a whole. A big theory that detectives are looking into is the possibility that Russia tried to poison Sergei because he knew information about Russia that they didn’t want the UK to know. This gives Russia a geologically motivated reason to want Sergei. Additionally, it is known that Mr.Skripal and his daughter were poisoned with a military grade nerve agent, Novichok, which is widely known for being created in Soviet laboratories. Skripal was also a Russian military officer who was a double agent for the UK’s intelligence services from 1990 to 2000. Around 2004 he was arrested by the Federal Security Services of Russia, tried, and convicted of high treason. After serving 13 years in prison, he then moved to the UK to live out the rest of his life. I think it seems a little excessive and strange that one country would blame another of poisoning one guy and, because of all the speculation around the topic and because the man had been formerly mixed up with the Russians I feel like there is a lot of false blame and conflict that could be avoided if it were just investigated like a normal incident. However, if the Russians were trying to get rid of this man, I can’t say that I don’t see why. Supposing they had some huge secret that somehow would affect the safety of their people, if it came down to choosing between Russia as a whole or one man, it’d make sense for them to choose the country over a spy who betrayed them. Regardless of who did it though, whether it was actually Russia or someone different entirely, I don’t think they planned for the daughter and the detective to get hurt. With the Skripal family recuperating, relocating, and allowed new identities, I really don’t think this is something that should cause huge political unrest or any further conflict between the two countries.
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4/12/2018 11:50:58 pm
Why do you think that they waited so long to even attempt to try and murder him? That is if it was them trying to do it.
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Nia Asbill
4/13/2018 08:47:58 am
I agree with your opinion that both stories have evidence, but do you think that sending them to America is the correct choice? You would be putting other countries into the mix, especially if the person who poisoned them is still unknown.
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Elizabeth Tran
4/13/2018 11:22:46 am
This is a very strange predicament to be in... Both sides seem to have valid points for a motive to attempt poisoning, but this seems to be wrong altogether. What if it was actually an attempt from an unknown party, trying to play the countries against each other to the point of possible distrust and impulsive choices?
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