Putin rejects UK's 'ungrounded accusations' over novichok poisoning

President says London has not provided evidence to back up claims that Moscow was behind poisoning of four people - one fatally

Vladimir Putin has accused Britain of making baseless allegations against Russia over the former Soviet spy and three other people poisoned, one fatally, with the novichok nerve agent in Salisbury.

Asked in a Fox News interview about the British government's assertion that Moscow was behind the novichok attack on the former spy Sergei Skripal, Putin said London had not provided any evidence to back up the claim.