Russian FM: UK Using Skripal Case to Undermine Soccer World Cup in Russia

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - UK claims of Russia's involvement in a poisoning of the former officer of Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia are provocative and aimed at undermining trust in Russia as the organizer of the 2018 FIFA World Cup, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.