President of the United States Donald Trump and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron discussed the case of the poisoning of ex-colonel GRU Sergei Skripal.

Politicians decided to unite their efforts against Russia and intend to exert strong pressure on Moscow with the help of tough measures. "The Presidents reaffirmed their solidarity with Britain in connection with Russia's use of chemical weapons against private citizens on British soil and agreed on the need to take measures to hold Russia accountable," the White House press service reported.. At the same time, it remains to be seen in what state is Sergei Skripal. The Russian Ambassador to the United Kingdom Alexander Yakovenko on the air of the Rossiya 1 TV channel spoke about the reasons why the British hide information about the ex-colonel. "Sergei Skripal has a dual citizenship - this is Russian and British. The British said that since he has British citizenship, they will not tell us anything about his state of health, "he added..

Yakovenko stressed that the daughter of Skripal Yulia, who was also poisoned, has Russian citizenship, but information about her is carefully hidden. "Since the 4th day, 16 days have passed, we do not have information, where they are, what state. We do not have the opportunity to talk to the doctors, nobody even in Britain has seen their photos, "he said.. The former GRU reserve colonel was poisoned along with his daughter Julia on March 4 in Salisbury. London laid the blame for the incident on Moscow.