Britain is behaving like Hitler, Putin cronies claim as they accuse Theresa May of poisoning Sergei Skripal to discredit Putin
Former FSB chief Nikolay Kovalyov claimed the Porton Down government laboratory was behind the poisoning and branded England 'a dangerous country'
BRITAIN was today accused of acting like HITLER by Putin allies who shockingly claimed the Government has framed Russia for the attack on Sergei Skripal.
The country’s former spy boss suggested the Porton Down government laboratory - which identified the nerve agent novichok - was likely to have been behind the attempted hit.
A Russian MP said Theresa May had bought the poison from another country such as Ukraine in order to carry out a “false flag” operation and frame Vladimir Putin.
The PM last night ordered Moscow to explain how novichok made by Russia ended up being used to poison the ex-spy, 66, and his daughter Yulia, 33.
But Vitaly Milonov, a member of Putin’s party United Russia, told BBC Radio 4 today: “How can we respond with some fake news, nothing to do with Russian reality? Any crime must have a motivation - what is the motivation?
“You can take this poison from Ukraine or other fake countries which are happy to help you, so I think this is something from a James Bond movie.
“They had to try to kill this poor pensioner, who is useless to us. This is a drama for British TV. It is the behaviour of Hitler.”
In a bizarre rant, the MP also accused Poland’s former foreign minister of being a “Polish prostitute” for pointing out that Russia is not a democracy.
Earlier, former FSB chief Nikolay Kovalyov said: “There is a laboratory (near Salisbury), which is famous all over the world.
“Check if anything leaked from there.”
Meanwhile, chemical weapons scientist Dr Anton Utkin - a former UN inspector in Iraq - denied the existence of novichok, and echoed the claim that Britain maybe responsible for the poisoning.
Dr Utkin led the destruction of chemical weapons in Russia.
He said: “I was dealing with elimination of Russian chemical weapons and with all the responsibility I can say that we have never had a weapon under this name.
“Actually, it is very strange that British experts have found out the formula of this 'super secret' poison nobody knows about.
“It is not clear either how they managed to determine that it was produced in Russia.
“If you know the technology, it is not possible to find out who made a chemical weapon – if the method is the same, the formulas of the substances will be identical.
“So this news only provokes more questions.”
Utkin said the West had earlier made a “toxic noise” about Russia’s alleged use of chemical weapons in Syria.
“And now right in the heart of Great Britain this traitor is killed with a neuroparalytic substance.
“All this happens at a very convenient time – before the Russian presidential election and World Cup.
“If I were British, I would not blame Russians but check my own security systems first.
“Something strange is happening there – it is not the first time when criminals are walking around the country with highly toxic and radioactive substances and the secret services have no idea about it.”
Dr Utkin has worked for the State Scientific Research Institute of Organic Chemistry and Technology, which is suspected of being behind the development of novichik that started in 1973.
Kovalyov, now an MP, said the accusations by May were a “provocation” against Russia.
There was no sense for Russia seek to kill a spy convicted 12 years ago when the publicity would damage the campaign for the presidential election, he claimed.
He added: “Just be logical. There is no logic here.
“England is turning into a dangerous country.
“If I were to speak for the Ministry for Foreign affairs, I would have issued a statement that would not recommend our spies and traitors to live there because it is dangerous to these citizens.
“The chain is already rather long.”
He complained that Britain along with the US and Ukraine see Russian as “guilty a priori - the Russophobic mood is extreme, all politicians are pursuing their careers with the help of these tendencies.”
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The incident was timed to harm Putin in Sunday’s election,he claimed, adding: "This is the purpose of this provocation.”
Dr Utkin added that Skripal “was not dangerous for Russia".
He said: “To imagine that a group of Russian spies is walking around and poisoning traitors at in England, is ridiculous.
“In all other countries they live happily.”
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