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(From L) Director of the Centre for Analytical Research on Chemical and Biological Weapon Conventions under the Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade, Viktor Kholstov, Russian ambassador to the Netherlands, Alexander Shulgin, Deputy Minister of Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade, Georgiy Kalamanov and head of the Russian Defense Ministry's scientific center chemical laboratory, Igor Rybalchenko address the media during a press conference at the Russian embassy in Amsterdam on April 4, 2018 over the Skripal poisoning scandal. Russia lost a bid on April 4 at the global chemical weapons watchdog to launch a joint probe with Britain into the spy poisoning scandal, and sought to press its case at the highest level calling for urgent UN Security Council talks. London has said it is "highly likely" Moscow was behind the March 4 attack on former Russian double agent, Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia. / AFP PHOTO / ANP / Bart Maat / Netherlands OUT (Photo credit should read BART MAAT/AFP via Getty Images)