Britain Warns Russia, Vows 'Robust' Response If State Behind Ex-Spy's Illness

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Britain Warns Russia, Vows 'Robust' Response If State Behind Ex-Spy's Illness
RFE/RL

Britain will respond "robustly" if any foreign government was behind the sudden and severe illness of a former Russian spy and his daughter, Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has said, warning that no attempt to take a life on U.K. soil will go unpunished.

Speaking to Parliament on March 6, Johnson suggested that Britain could step up sanctions against Russia and reconsider its particotation in the soccer World Cup this summer if Moscow was involved in the incident in the southern English city of Salisbury.

"We don't know exactly what has taken place in Salisbury, but if it's as bad as it looks, it is another crime in the litany of crimes that we can lay at Russia's door," Johnson said.

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