 May akati hurumende yeBritain yakakumbira kuti Russia itsanangure kuti ndechipi cheizvi zviviri zvaigona kuitika pakupera kwaKurume 13, 2018. Akatiwo: Kuurayiwa kwemagandanga nevanopikisa kunze kweRussia pasina kutongwa kwakabvumirwa zviri pamutemo neParamende yeRussia muna 2006. Uye chokwadika Russia yakashandisa zvinhu zvine mwaranzi mukurwiswa kwayo kwougandanga pana VaLitvinenko. Iye akati hurumende yeUK yaizofunga zvakadzama mhinduro kubva kuHurumende yeRussia uye kana pasina mhinduro yakavimbika, hurumende yaizogumisa kuti chiito ichi chinoenderana nekushandiswa zvisiri pamutemo kwesimba neHurumende yeRussia kurwisa United Kingdom uye matanho aizotevera. Vezvenhau veBritain vakashambadza chirevo ichi semashoko aTheresa May kuna Putin. 