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1. The March 22 High Court judgment by Mr Justice Williams makes it clear the UK govt lawyers were trying to minimise or UK govt lawyers were trying to minimise or even deny the existence of the Skripals' Russian relatives, claiming there was very little evidence there even were any such relatives, even after Sergey's niece Viktoria had been interviewed by UK media outlets, and using this fabricated "lack of evidence" as a reason for not contacting the relatives or involving them in considerations of Yulia Skripals' welfare.
2. The Russian embassy has repeatedly said it is being illegally denied access to the Skripals, and there is evidence the pair have been denied due process.
Comment: It seems rather clear that the Russians hold more traditional values than Western "partners," who increasingly seem to be pulled in the direction of more liberal attitudes, particularly towards abortion and homosexuality.
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