MOSCOW, Sept 21 — Russia’s foreign ministry accused Britain today of using the poisoning case of former double agent Sergei Skripal as a tool to pressure Moscow and stoke anti-Russian sentiment, the RIA news agency reported.

Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova made the remark after British police said a third Russian had been charged in absentia with the 2018 Novichok murder attempt on Skripal and that the three suspects were military intelligence operatives.

Speaking at a briefing, Zakharova denied any Russian involvement. — Reuters