(14 Mar 2018) Muscovites reacted to British Prime Minister Theresa May's statement that Britain would expel 23 Russian diplomats in the escalating dispute with Russia over the poisoning in Britain of a Russian ex-spy and his daughter.
May gave the Russians an ultimatum until midnight on Tuesday to explain how a nerve agent developed in the Soviet era came to be used in the March 4 attack.
May responded with a package of diplomatic and economic sanctions after she said her request was met with disdain.
Some people spoke in support of Russia's official position in response to Britain's ultimatum to present real evidence that it hadn't been involved in the attack.
Russia has denied responsibility in the March 4 attack on the Skripals.
But one man said Russia should have been more assertive in its response, either to confirm or deny the accusations, "without leaving any space for hesitations."
The speaker of the upper chamber of the Russian parliament is calling for Russia to take firm and retaliatory actions against Britain in response to London's decision to expel Russian diplomats.
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