Russia says regrets that Western countries 'repeated lies' from London

Russia's foreign ministry said on Friday it regrets that France, Germany, Canada and the United States "repeated lies" from London and accused Russia of being behind a nerve agent attack on a former Russian spy and his daughter.

In a joint statement on Thursday, the four countries backed Britain's assessment that two suspects were officers from the Russian military intelligence service and that the operation was almost certainly approved at a senior government level.