the cost of incident investigations in Salisbury and Amesbury will rise to more than $ 14 million

The cost of investigating cases of poisoning in the English cities of Salisbury and Amesbury will rise to around 11 million pounds, or more than 14 million dollars, announced Thursday the Salisbury Journal.

According to the publication, the UK government has announced an additional contribution of £ 3 million (US $ 3.84 million) to cover the operating costs of this investigation, in addition to the £ 6.6 million previously committed ( $ 8.45 million).

In total, the amount received by the County Police will rise to 9.6 million pounds sterling ($ 12.3 million), but the expenses incurred by the Wiltshire Police, by an amount of 1.3 million pounds sterling ($ 1.66 million) will remain uncovered. The newspaper notes that out of a total of 10.9 million pounds, more than 6.5 million (over $ 8.3 million) should be spent for expenses related to the participation of other groups in the business. 39, investigation and response to the incident, and 2.5 million additional pounds. millions of dollars for allowances paid to Wiltshire police officers themselves for overtime.

"Case of a poisoned spy"

Recall that on March 4, 2018, the former GRU colonel Sergey Skripal and his daughter Julia, aged 33, were exposed to a nerve agent. They were found unconscious on a bench at The Maltings Mall in Salisbury. That's why many business facilities have been closed in the city for the long term, while blocking people's access to a number of residential areas and parks.

The girl left the hospital in early April and continued her treatment in an unknown place. Sergey Skripal was released on May 18th.

In Britain, they said that Skripali was suffering from a paralytic neurotoxic substance such as "Novice" and blamed this incident on Russia. This caused a major diplomatic scandal: Britain and dozens of Western countries announced the expulsion of Russian diplomats. Moscow responded with mirrored measures.

In early September, the UK prosecutor's office called the names of the Skripale poisoning suspects – Russians Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov. The department did not rule out the names being fictitious. The prosecutor's office said it would not ask Russia to extradite its citizens, but a European arrest warrant has been issued against these people.

British Prime Minister Theresa May said that the decision to poison Skripale was most likely taken at the highest level in Russia. The attackers in Salisbury, she said, were GRU officers. Moscow denies any involvement in the incident. Russian President Vladimir Putin said the authorities had found people suspected by London of suspicion of being suspected in the case. They even gave an interview to affirm their innocence.

At the end of June, Don Sturgess, 44, and his friend Charlie Rowley, 45, were poisoned by a nerve agent at Amesbury, near Salisbury. The woman died a few days later, the man survived. The OPCW concluded that the couple had been poisoned by the same substance as Skripali, the "novice".