LONDON – Britain will expel 23 Russian diplomats in response to a nerveagent attack on a Russian former double agent in southern England, PrimeMinister Theresa May said on Wednesday, adding it was the biggest singleexpulsion in over 30 years.
May told parliament Britain would also freeze Russian state assets whereverthere was evidence of a threat and downgrade its attendance at the soccerWorld Cup this summer.
Former spy Sergei Skripal, 66, and his daughter Yulia, 33, were foundunconscious on a bench in the city of Salisbury on March 4 and remain inhospital in a critical condition.