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The Tory minister Tweeted, in response to the Press Association post, that the report "belongs in the ill informed and wild speculation folder."
It comes after the Press Association reported on Thursday morning that police had identified the suspects behind the nerve agent attacks against former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia. The pair were found on March 4 slumped on a bench after being exposed to the substance in the Wiltshire town of Salisbury.
It was reported that a source with knowledge of the investigation said: "Investigators believe they have identified the suspected perpetrators of the Novichok attack through CCTV and have cross-checked this with records of people who entered the country around that time. They [the investigators] are sure they [the suspects] are Russian"
Comment: As usual, this information comes from an anonymous source 'familiar with the investigation'.
The UK has accused Russia of both attacks, a claim which the Kremlin has consistently denied.
Asked about the latest developments, Russian Ambassador to the UK Alexander Yakovenko said he is still awaiting official confirmation from Britain.
"These are media reports, unfortunately there are no official statements from the British side. I want to hear from Scotland Yard, from the Foreign Office. Many versions [published] in the newspapers are not confirmed at official level," Yakovenko told journalists in Moscow.
The Russian envoy added that as London has produced no evidence that Moscow is responsible, the attack and its possible perpetrators was not discussed by Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Donald Trump at their meeting in Helsinki.
Comment: RT reports more of the Russian envoy's statements:
The envoy also warned that Moscow "will exert pressure" on London, including through official requests and dialogue, over the Skripal case, as it is "a political issue." He also plans to discuss the issue during the meeting with the UK's new foreign minister, Jeremy Hunt.
The Skripal case was not on the agenda during the recent Putin-Trump summit in Helsinki as London failed to provide evidence not only to Russia, but even to its allies, Yakovenko noted.
"If the British had managed to provide any official information regarding the ongoing investigation, it might have been a topic for [Trump-Putin] discussion," the envoy said. "But because the British side still does not provide anything to the Russian side, and moreover, presented nothing to its allies, then what is there to actually discuss?"
Yakovenko added he will raise the issue with the new UK Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt when they meet.
The report that police had identified the suspects came after Dawn Sturgess, 44, died on July 8 within days of her reported exposure to Novichok. She, along with her partner Charlie Rowley, who remains in a serious condition, was poisoned in Amesbury, a Wiltshire town just eight miles from Salisbury - where the Skripals were attacked.
Wallace was among the first, along with Home Secretary Sajid Javid, to accuse Russia of culpability over the Amesbury incident.
Speaking shortly after the attack on the couple in Amesbury, Wallace told BBC Radio 4's 'Today' program: "Based on the evidence we had at the time of the Skripal attack, the knowledge they [Russia] had developed Novichok, they had explored assassination programmes in the past, they had motive, form and stated policy, we would still assert to a very high assurance that the Russian state was behind the original attack."
"The package has been delivered."
That was the message, or part of it. I hope that bit is true, cos it's just so spyie!