Chemists reported that there was no evidence that the ex-GRU officer Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia were poisoned by the poison of Russian origin. "We could not prove that the Skrypals were poisoned with a substance from Russia," says the head of the British research laboratory Gary Aitkenhead. He stated this on SkyNews. It is noteworthy that the experts did not manage to understand exactly where the poison came from within the United Kingdom. According to the head of the laboratory, this was not the task of the experts. "We were able to identify the poison as" Novice ", as a nerve agent for military use. We did not establish an exact source, but provided scientific data to the government, which, using a number of other sources, came to its conclusion, "added Aitkenhead. The state of Sergei Skripal, according to recent reports, is still critical, but stable. This is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the National Health Service of England. His daughter Julia - in a stable condition. Earlier it became known that she came to, started talking and eating. On March 4, Skripal and his daughter were found in the center of Salisbury - both were unconscious. The British authorities blamed Russia for what had happened. Allegedly as a chemical agent used chemical weapons, developed within the Soviet program "Newbie". London's allegations provoked an international scandal. Meanwhile, Moscow has repeatedly stated its non-involvement in poisoning in Salisbury. It is worth noting that the constituents of the substance suspected to have been poisoned by a spy and his daughter can be purchased without much trouble. Therefore, the synthesis of such a poison anywhere in the world will not be difficult for a chemist. This was stated by the head of the laboratory of chemical and analytical control of the scientific center of the Ministry of Defense Igor Rybalchenko. "Synthesis of the" Novice "is not a problem. All the initial components are commercially available, and from these compounds, by not very complicated procedures, which are owned by all chemists - synthetics of organic compounds, these substances can be synthesized. True, this is not done somewhere in the kitchen, since it is a matter of highly toxic substances, so the laboratory should be well equipped, "he told RT.