First deputy head of the international committee of the Council of Federation, General of the Federal Security Service Vladimir Jabarov said that the case of Skripal may be involved in the intelligence services of Britain or third countries that with the help of such provocation can severely tarnish the reputation of Russia. Jabarov asserts that, in committing this crime, the customers expected to be dissatisfied with Russia and taking any measures on the part of the country's leadership. All this is more like a "provocative provocation before the elections," his words are quoted by RIA Novosti,. "Why now Russia, when it took so many years, to engage in its poisoning on the eve of the presidential election?" - said the deputy head of the Council of Federation. In response to the statement of May, in which she confidently declares Russia guilty, Jabarov asks to draw attention to the facts. "This is an absolutely unsubstantiated accusation, let them prove, present at least some facts, but there are no facts of" culpability "of Russia, and will not be," says FSB general.

Igor Morozov, member of the Federation Council Committee on International Affairs, is confident that the British prime minister used the Skripal case as the last way to retain power in his hands. "Only Russia and concrete steps on the negotiation processes in the most sensitive areas - both in Europe and in regional conflicts - can now to some extent save her situation by showing that she is a real political leader of the UK," Morozov said in an interview with NTV. Recall that President Vladimir Putin advised the British special services to first understand the situation, and only then "rush" accusations.