MOSCOW. Sept 6 (Interfax) - The Russian Foreign Ministry has accused Britain of being unwilling to conduct an independent and objective inquiry into the incidents at Salisbury and Amesbury.
"One thing is obvious: the British authorities-inspired so-called Skripals affair is being deliberately driven into dead end. Instead of a truly independent, objective and transparent investigation of the Salisbury and Amesbury incidents, London just uses the anti-Russian megaphone diplomacy by continuing the propaganda spectacle in the spirit of the obligatory 'highly likely'," the ministry's spokesperson Maria Zakharova said in relation to the latest allegations by British officials regarding the two incidents
Her commentary was posted on the ministry's website on Wednesday.
The British authorities yet again raised the topic of the alleged Russian involvement in the Salisbury and Amesbury incidents, "having done so according to the threadbare scenario" by making an "assertion not backed by any documents or any credible evidence about having sufficient grounds for producing charges against two Russian citizens and photos of two individuals with no evidence of their citizenship," Zakharova said.
These actions follow the same pattern: baselessly accusing Russia while categorically refusing contact with it in order to establish the truth, Zakharova said.
"Instead, absurd demands are being made that we explain the situation that we, as has already been repeatedly stressed, have nothing to do with," she said.
"Our calls for a joint inquiry and requests for legal assistance in the Russian criminal inquiry into the attempted murder of a Russian woman in Britain are still being ignored. Moreover, we are seeing London's particular reluctance to cooperate on establishing the truth," Zakharova said.
"[Both Britain and America] operate according to the same pattern: without bothering themselves with providing some piece of evidence, they reveal lists of some 'Russian agents' to at least somehow substantiate the witch hunt started by London and Washington," Zakharova said.