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Russia: Blaming Putin for ex-spy poisoning is ‘unpardonable’

By Joel Gehrke

Published March 16, 2018 3:49pm ET

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Russia: Blaming Putin for ex-spy poisoning is ‘unpardonable’ — Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures as he speaks during a nationally televised question-and-answer session in Moscow on Thursday. Russia's President Vladimir Putin on Thursday dismissed claims that Russian special forces are fomenting unrest in eastern Ukraine as "nonsense," but expressed hope for success of four-way talks on settling the crisis. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Presidential Press Service) | Alexei Nikolsky

British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson’s allegation that Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the poisoning of a former double agent in England is “unpardonable diplomatic misconduct,” according to the Kremlin.

“Any reference or mentioning of our president is nothing else but shocking and unpardonable diplomatic misconduct,” Putin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told TASS, a state-run media outlet.

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