Russian media accuses May of ‘poisoning’ ties
Moscow, (MILLAT ONLINE):Russian media on Thursday accused British Prime Minister Theresa May of having “poisoned” relations with Moscow by announcing the expulsion of diplomats in response to the poisoning of a former double agent with a nerve agent.
“Theresa May has poisoned relations between London and Moscow,” Nezavisimaya Gazeta headlined its front-page story.
Kommersant business daily accused Britain of seeking “toxic responses.”
“The crisis in relations between Moscow and London has reached a new peak,” it said.
May “tried to accuse Russia of every sin under the Sun,” wrote popular pro-Kremlin tabloid Komsomolskaya Pravda.
Another pro-Kremlin daily, broadsheet Izvestia, wrote that Russia will respond “at least in a symmetrical way” to the expulsions, meaning it would expel the same number of diplomats.
But “Russia’s reaction could be also be more wide-reaching,” it predicted, citing diplomatic sources.