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Kremlin denies claim Sergei Skripal asked Putin for pardon
The Kremlin has denied a claim that the poisoned former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal wrote to Vladimir Putin asking to be pardoned and to be allowed to visit his home country. The former Russian intelligence officer, who came to Britain in 2010 as part of a spy swap, regretted being a double agent and wanted to visit his family, his friend Vladimir Timoshkov told the BBC. Skripal and his daughter, Yulia, remain in a critical condition after they were poisoned with the highly lethal nerve agent novichok in Salisbury on 4 March.
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