Comment: It's hard to believe this 'major incident' nothing-burger occurred in 2018. It seems like a lifetime ago now...
On 4 March 2018, both Sergei Skripal and his daughter who was visiting from their shared home country of Russia, Yulia Skripal, were poisoned in Salisbury England, and — though both survived — neither of them has been allowed to communicate to the public except under the watch of their British court-appointed 'guardians'. They also have been prohibited to communicate with any Russians. Repeated efforts by the Russian Embassy to be allowed to communicate with them have been rejected by the UK Government. The BBC reported on 18 May 2018, that, "Ms Skripal was released on 9 April and was moved to a secure location. It is not known whether Mr Skripal has been taken to the same location as his daughter." UK's National Health Service issued a news-release that same day headlined "Sergei Skripal discharged from Salisbury District Hospital". Efforts by (at least) Ms. Skripal, to communicate with members of her family in Russia, and also with her fiancé, also in Russia, have been blocked by the UK Government. No legal charges have been filed against either of the Skripals.
Comment: How to understand the 'Skripal Saga' now in the era of the apocalyptic 'Covid-19 plague'?
Like many other nothing-burger 'incidents of global importance' since 9/11, it was a mediatized event. Something really happened, but that something was insignificant and blown up into a 'major deal' by the media for the purpose of distracting us all while the Powers That Be and their authoritarian followers busily laid plans for a hostile global takeover of the human population.