A poll was conducted in Russia among 25,954 voting. Of these 26.9% believed what the two had to say about their unusual trip to Salisbury in England. Just a coincidence that the Skrival’ was poisoned. 34.1% more or less believed them but had doubts about parts of their story. Given how brief the interview was and how few questions were asked, these voters obviously felt the need to give them the benefit of the doubt. And as many as 38.9% did not believe the pair at all. A pretty devastating result for the Intelligence Directorate “Verite li vy Petrovu i Boshirovu, rasskazavshim svoyu versiyu prebyvaniya v Solsberi?”, Vzglyad.ru., 18 September 2018)