Poisoned British agent approachable again

salisbury/london - A British policeman who came into contact with a poisonous substance on Sunday's discovery of the former Russian double spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Joelia is again approachable. However, his condition remains critical, Minister of the Interior Amber Rudd said on Thursday.

The agent was the first to arrive at the Skripals who had become unconscious at a shopping center in Salisbury. The two were attacked with 'a very unusual substance', probably a kind of nerve gas. The 66-year-old Skripal and his 33-year-old daughter are in a coma. Their lives are feared.

Skripal was sentenced to 13 years in prison in Russia in 2006 because he worked for the British intelligence service MI6. He revealed, among other things, the identity of Russian secret agents working undercover in Europe. At the time, Russia reported that Skripal had received $ 100,000 for information that he had been distributing since 1992.