Russia loses vote to join spy poisoning probe; next stop UN
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April 5, 2018
MOSCOW (AP) — The international chemical weapons watchdog on Wednesday rejected Russia's call for a joint investigation with Britain of the nerve-agent poisonings of an ex-spy and his daughter in England.
But Russia said the number of countries that abstained from the vote suggested many have doubts about Britain's allegations that Moscow was behind the attack and now plans to take its denials of involvement to the U.N. Security Council.
Britain said Russia's proposal for a joint investigation received only six votes at a special session of the executive council of the Organization for the Pro...
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