May to press Putin over Novichok attack in face-to-face meeting

UK Prime Minister Theresa May says the suspects in the Salisbury Novichok attack should be brought to justice.

May made this known ahead of a meeting with Russian president Vladimir Putin at the G20 summit.

The prime minister also wants Russia to stop its destabilizing activities.

The UK believes two officers from Russia’s military intelligence service were behind the poisoning of former spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia, in March 2018.

However, Mr Putin has insisted they are civilians, not criminals.