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Russia rejects ex-spy poisoning allegations as 'propaganda

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AFP Addis Ababa
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov today dismissed as "propaganda" accusations that Moscow was behind a nerve agent attack on a former double agent residing in Britain.

"They're levelling accusations against us for everything that goes wrong -- according to our western partners -- on this very planet," Lavrov said during a visit to the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa. "This is propaganda fair and square and it is trying to raise tension.

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First Published: Mar 09 2018 | 3:55 PM IST

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