In the poisoning of the ex-Colonel of the GRU, Sergey Vrypal in Salisbury and the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Hashukdzhi in the Kingdom’s embassy in Istanbul, it turns out there is much in common. And above all, the criminals in both cases did not particularly conceal their involvement in the attacks, and the purpose of the incidents was a terrible message to dissidents.. Gary Schmitt, columnist for the American newspaper The Wall Street Journal.

In his opinion, both incidents were poorly organized and executed, as a result of which "instantly attracted world attention to the governments in Moscow and Riyadh". The author was struck by the fact of such inept planning of poisoning of a former spy Slipple, allegedly committed by Russian security forces.. He draws this conclusion on the basis that the faces of two Russians were caught in CCTV lenses in the UK. Meanwhile, the journalist does not relieve the blame for what happened in Salisbury and Istanbul with the authorities of the United States, the United Kingdom and their allies, who reacted poorly to the incidents.. It is a pity that the columnist, comparing these two incidents, did not bother to highlight swift sanctions against Russia from a number of Western countries against the background of Moscow’s unproven involvement in the allegedly poisoning of Skripale spy, nor to his daughter Julia, showing her statement on videotape once to the public). And unintelligible muttering from Washington and a number of European leaders about the possible punishment of Saudi Arabia. Someday. Recall Skripali were poisoned in the British city of Salisbury on March 4.

British authorities in Himatak very quickly blamed Moscow and in the same month expelled several dozen Russian diplomats from the country. Later the British were followed by some Europeans, the USA, Canada and others..

The murder of Hashukji occurred on October 2, when a journalist went to the embassy of Saudi Arabia to file documents for divorce. In the diplomatic mission, they tried to conceal the fact of the disappearance of a man on his territory, but after almost three weeks, Riyadh acknowledged the death of Hashkuji at the embassy. The reaction of US President Donald Trump to this crime is very eloquently described by the journalist of the same The Wall Street Journal Rebecca Ballhouse in her Twitter. She noted that the head of the White House is always leaving the answer to the question of whether the murder of a journalist is on the conscience of the leadership of Saudi Arabia.. "October 13, he said:" We need to decide ". October 22: "We will find out very soon". October 23: "We will understand everything in a short period of time," she wrote on November 7. Probably, the American sanctions against the SA will not mature soon, they did not creak.