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Viktoria Skripal

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YAROSLAVL, July 20th. / TASS /. The electoral commission of the Russian Yaroslavl region has declared Viktoria Skripal, niece of the former military intelligence officer Sergei Skripal, candidate in the regional legislative elections, said Commission President Oleg Zakharov, adding that Viktoria would represent the just Russia party. "Viktoria Skripal has been registered as a candidate in the Yaroslavl region's parliamentary elections as part of the list of the Fair Russia party," said Zakharov.

The party appointed Viktoria to participate in the July 3rd elections. primary, although the truth of the matter is that she is not a party member. On July 10, the regional electoral commission certified the party's list.

The regional legislative elections are expected to take place on 9 September.

Viktoria Skripal got to know the world when she applied for a British visa. his uncle Sergei and his cousin Yulia after they were allegedly poisoned by a nerve agent in Salisbury, but were denied.

Skripal saga

According to London, the former Colonel Sergei Skripal, 66, Russian Military Intelligence (GRU) He was convicted in Russia spying for Britain and later traded for Russian intelligence officers, and his 33-year-old daughter Yulia suffered the effects of a so-called nerve agent in the British town of Salisbury on 4 March. had been a Novichok-clbad neurotoxic agent developed in the Soviet Union, London rushed to accuse Russia of being involved in the incident. Moscow rejected all accusations from the UK, saying that neither the Soviet Union nor Russia had ever had a program aimed at developing such a substance.