According to the Sun (yeah I know), it was the daughter, Yulia who was the real intended victim of the attack after she fell out with her mother-in-law who is a high ranking security bod back in Moscow
Sergei Skripal's daughter 'was REAL target of nerve agent attack'
Again take it all at face value, but this suggests the attack, if this was the case, was intended to hit a Russian citizen on Russian soil and the father, a British citizen was merely collateral damage. Of course this could all be part of a massive spin by the Russkis to take some of the heat out of the hoo ha which has built up over the past few days.
Sergei Skripal's daughter 'was REAL target of nerve agent attack'
Again take it all at face value, but this suggests the attack, if this was the case, was intended to hit a Russian citizen on Russian soil and the father, a British citizen was merely collateral damage. Of course this could all be part of a massive spin by the Russkis to take some of the heat out of the hoo ha which has built up over the past few days.