Sweden and Finland have taken up arms against Russia because of the case of poisoning former colonel GRU Sergey Skripal. Finnish Foreign Minister Timo Soini is confident that Moscow is involved in this incident. According to him, either Russia is really behind this crime, or it has lost control over its chemical weapons. At the same time, the minister stressed that the nerve agent was developed in the USSR, the Helsingin Sanomat. Soini added that the issue of sanctions at the meeting of the foreign ministers of European countries was not raised. "The EU never threatens Russia with new sanctions. Boris Johnson did not make any requests for support of sanctions and did not say anything about this, "he added.. The Swedish Foreign Ministry took offense at the statements of Maria Zakharova that the source of the substance that was poisoned by Skripal could be Sweden. The Office summoned the Russian ambassador in Stockholm for explanations, RIA Novosti reports.. In Salisbury on March 5, former Colonel GRU Sergey Skripal and his daughter Julia were hospitalized urgently because of poisoning with an unknown substance. Later, Teresa May said that they were in contact with the nerve agent "Novice", developed in Russia.