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Ex-Russian general warns world on brink of ‘last war in history of mankind’

3rd April 2018
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A Russian former general has warned the world is on the brink of ‘the last war in the history of mankind’ amid the diplomatic fallout over the poisoning of a UK spy.

Evgeny Buzhinskiy, who served 41 years in the Russian military, said expelling diplomats from the EU and US after Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia were poisoned in Salisbury is creating a situation which is ‘worse than the Cold War’.

Asked to explain himself, Mr. Buzhinskiy added: ‘A real war. Worse than the cold war is a real war. It will be the last war in the history of mankind.’

Mr. Buzhinskiy, who retired with the rank of Lieutenant General in 2009, was being quizzed by Nick Robinson on BBC Radio 4.

When the presenter asked whether the Skripal case could lead directly to war, Mr Buzhinskiy responded: ‘Not the Salisbury poisoning, but the pressure.

‘The United States is saying the pressure will continue. What is that going to achieve? You are going to achieve regime change? It is useless.

‘You don’t know Russians. The more pressure there is, the more the society is concentrated around the President.

‘You expel diplomats, we expel diplomats, you further expel, what’s the next step? It’s a breach of the diplomatic relations.

‘Actually you are cornering Russia, and to corner Russia is a very dangerous thing.’

Britain and its allies have accused the Russian state of either sanctioning or being complicit in the poisoning of Sergei and Yulia in Salisbury last month.

Investigators say a VX nerve agent of a group called Novichok, which were developed by Russia, was left on the door handle of their home.

After touching the poison the pair were found collapsed in a nearby park and rushed to hospital where they were placed into a coma.

Doctors say Yulia is no longer in a critical condition and is ‘improving rapidly’, while her father is still listed as critical.

Meanwhile Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has suggested that British intelligence services could be behind the attack in order to distract from Brexit.

He argued that Russia had no motive to attack Mr Skripal, who was a former MI6 double-agent released in a 2010 spy swap.

‘If there were any gripes against the man, he wouldn’t have been swapped,’ Mr. Lavrov said.

‘There are other explanations besides those put forward by our Western colleagues, who declare that it can only be the Russians who are responsible,’ Mr. Lavrov said.

‘It could also be advantageous to the British government, who find themselves in a difficult situation having failed to fulfil their promises to voters over Brexit.’

 

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