Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov were interviewed by the editor-in-chief of RT (formerly Russia Today), Margarita Simonyan.
Part of the interview aired on the state-funded news channel Thursday morning.
When asked why they were in Salisbury, the suspects said: “Our friends had been suggesting for a long time we visit this wonderful town.
“There’s the famous Salisbury cathedral, famous not only in Europe but in the whole world, it’s famous for its 123 metre spire. It’s famous for its clock, one of the first [of its kind] ever created in the whole world which is still working.”
They also said they were in Salisbury for less than an hour due to train delays.
“Of course, we went there to see Stonehenge, Old Sarum, but we couldn’t do it because there was muddy slush everywhere,” Petrov said.
“The town was covered by this slush. We got wet, took the nearest train and came back [to London].”
Boshirov said. Maybe we did [approach] Skripal’s house, but we don’t know where it is located.”
They denied having any Novichok in their possession.
When asked by Simonyan whether they also had a counterfeit bottle of designer perfume that UK police said contained the nerve agent, Borishov said: “Is it silly for decent lads to have women’s perfume? The customs are checking everything, they would have questions as…
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