Skripal niece in election bid

THE niece of Sergei Skripal, the former Russian spy who was poisoned in Britain, is running for election in Russia as a candidate for a Kremlin-controlled party.

Viktoria Skripal, pictured, is running for office in the Yaroslavl region north of Moscow for the A Just Russia party. Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia survived a poison attack in Salisbury in March. Viktoria Skripal has said she does not trust Britain to handle the investigation.