“The substance is very stable. It can be washed away by rain, it can evaporate under the sun. But it won’t decompose,” said Vladimir Uglev.

UK Interior Minister gives a statement on new Novichok poisoning case.

President Vladimir Putin will hope to keep world's attention on football

Staff at Salisbury District hospital have been talking about how they faced the unknown when a former Russian double agent and his daughter were attacked with a lethal nerve agent.

Moscow questions whether Skripal was speaking of her own free will

The Cube looks at reactions to the first public statement from Yulia Skripal

Yulia Skripal, daughter of poisoned Russian spy Sergei Skripal, speaks to Reuters in London.

Russia's ambassador to the UN cited Lewis Carroll at the UN Security Council and says Russia's western partners are not interested in the truth.

Representatives from both countries traded accusations on the March 4th chemical attack in Salisbury

The UK's national security adviser claims that Russia spied on the Skripals for five years before they were poisoned in Salisbury. Russia calls the allegations a "big surprise".

Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia says the substance used in spy poisoning is 'not copyrighted by Russia'

"Russia is by no means positioning itself to back down and in someway to accept responsibility for this, instead it is seeking the highest possible ways to question its responsibility."

The statement appeared after Russian TV reported that Sergei Skripal is also getting better

The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) has rejected Russia's request to be involved in the inquiry into the nerve agent attack in Britain in March.

Russia's Foreign Minister said the nerve agent attack could benefit both the British special services and the UK government.

Heads of diplomatic missions in Moscow told to expect retaliation.