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Spy poisoning row: 'Charges politically motivated,' says Russia

Spy poisoning row: 'Charges politically motivated,' says Russia

Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova

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Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova slammed UK government's charges in the poisoning row.

Russia today hit out at UK over the spy poisoning row asserting that the British administration did not have any "concrete" evidence.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said the charges against Russia that it was behind poisoning of an ex-spy in Salisbury, UK was "politically motivated".

"We have answered all the questions raised by UK," the Russian foreign minister said.

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