"The Case of Skripal" continues to gain momentum. Despite the fact that British experts claim that there is no evidence of poisoning by Russian poison, the authorities do not back down and accuse Moscow of this. The deputy chairman of the German Christian Democratic Union, the head of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Armin Lashet, urged world leaders not to succumb to hysteria and reasonably look at the situation. "If you force almost all NATO countries to solidarity, then you have to have convincing evidence? You can blame Russia on your own, but I learned another way of communicating with states by studying international law," he wrote on his Twitter page.

Diplomatic conflict began with the filing of the United Kingdom, which, accusing Moscow of attempting to ex-spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter, sent from London 23 ambassadors. As many British employees left Russia. Further, the United States, Canada, a number of European states, including France, Germany and Poland, the Baltic states, Ukraine, Moldova, Croatia, Albania, declared their intention to get rid of representatives of the Russian diplomatic mission. In total, more than 100 ambassadors will return to Russia.