On March 31, the Embassy of the Russian Federation in London delivered to the British Foreign Ministry a note with a list of questions to the British side regarding the Skripal case fabricated against Russia:

1) Why has Russia been denied consular access to the two Russian nationals, Sergei and Yulia Skripal, that have become crime victims in the British territory?

2) What specific antidotes were administered to Mr and Ms Skripal, and in which form? How were those antidotes available for the medical staff on the site of the incident?

3) On what grounds has France been involved in technical cooperation with regard to the investigation of an incident in which Russian nationals had suffered?

4) Has the United Kingdom informed the OPCW of France’s involvement in the investigation?

5) How is France relevant to the incident with two Russian nationals in the UK?

6) What British procedural rules allow a foreign state to be involved in a domestic investigation?

7) What evidence has been passed to France for studying and/or for a French investigation?

8) Were French experts present when biological material was taken from Mr and Ms Skripal?

9) Have French experts studied biologial material taken from Mr and Ms Skripal, and at which laboratories?

10) Does the UK possess the results of the French investigation?

11) Have the results of the French investigation been passed to the OPCW Technical Secretariat?

12) On the basis of which characteristics (“markers”) has it been ascertained that the substance used in Salisbury “originated from Russia”?

13) Does the UK possess reference samples of the military-grade poisonous substance that British representatives identify as “Novichok”?

14) Has the substance identified by British representatives as “Novichok” or analogous substances been researched, developed or produced in the UK?