Britain is refusing to reveal the location of the Skripals to Russia as part its 'duty to protect them' as it demanded Moscow reveal what it knows about the Salisbury poisoning.
Sir Laurie Bristow, Britain's ambassador to Russia, confirmed that Novichok victims Sergei and Yulia Skripal are both alive amid media claims that they could be dead.
He revealed that neither party was interested in talking to Russian officials despite repeated attempts on behalf of Moscow to meet with them.
He also pointed the finger at Russia and insisted they 'know' who was behind the assassination attempt on British soil in March 2018.
They have been previously named as Alexander Mishkin and Anatoliy Chepiga, who used the aliases Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov on a trip to Salisbury last year.
Sergei and Yulia are currently in a 'safe place' back in their native country but are believed to only be in contact with British officials.
Sergei Skripal (pictured with his daughter Yulia) has suffered a deterioration in his health and is under close medical supervision at his home, a well-informed intelligence source said
Two Russian nationals have been accused of travelling to the UK to try to murder Mr Skripal with Novichok (Pictured left Ruslan Boshirov and right Alexander Petrov)
Novichok poisoning suspects Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov are shown on CCTV on Fisherton Road, Salisbury
Sir Laurie also said Britain believed the ex-spy and his daughter along with fatality Dawn Sturgess were poisoned in a murderous attack by agents of Vladimir Putin's GRU military intelligence agency.
Of the Skripals, he told Interfax: 'I can confirm that they are alive. I can confirm that the request for a meeting from the Russian embassy has been passed to them.
'They do not want to meet representatives of the Russian embassy.
'I don't think it's difficult to understand why they might not want to see representatives of the Russian state. It is their choice.'
He said: 'If they wish, we will make that happen, if they don't wish to, we are not going to make them see members, employees of the Russian state.'
Moscow has complained that Sergei, 66, has not been seen at all since the attack, while his daughter has not been since last summer.
But Sir Laurie said: 'Of course, they are in the safe place now. Our duty is to protect them.'
Sir Laurie Bristow (pictured with Vladimir Putin) spoke out following repeated Russian media claims that one or both of the Skripals could be dead
The Novichok poisoning claimed the life of Dawn Sturgess (pictured left with Charlie Rowley right) who fell ill in Amesbury months after the incident
In an interview in Russian ahead of the anniversary of the 4 March attack, the ambassador said a major British police investigation was underway - and that key details had not been disclosed.
He also ruled out a repeated Russian requests for a joint investigation into the Skripals' poisoning which Moscow blames on British secret services.
But he invited Moscow to forward to London details of its complicity in the Novishok attack.
Sir Laurie said the police and Crown Prosecution Service had identified two suspects - who he did not name.
'Both of them are from Russia. We consider them to be active GRU employees,' he said. 'Of course, the investigation is in progress.
'Now the case has been re-qualified into a murder as a British citizen, fully innocent Dawn Sturgess, was killed by a chemical weapon.'
Contractors are pictured as they work on the property of former Russian spy Sergei Skripal in January
The British aim was to bring suspects to court in Britain, he said, even though it is clear Russia will never extradite the suspects.
They have been previously named as Alexander Mishkin and Anatoliy Chepiga, who used the aliases Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov on a trip to Salisbury last year.
'Naturally, we have got much more information,' he said.
We are not going to publish this information in the media as it could could be prejudicial to the court hearing.
'Regarding the Russian state, as I have said before, we are not interested in a joint investigation.
'We are confident that we know who those people are. We are also confident that the Russian government knows who those people are.
'If the Russian government wants to forward us information about its involvement or involvement of its employees, we will welcome this, but we are not intending to hold a joint investigation.'
He said: 'Our aim to bring all suspects to court in Britain. If the police identifies other suspects, they will be also made responsible.'
A timeline of the key developments in the Salisbury poisoning case
2010 - Sergei Skripal, a former Russian military intelligence officer jailed for spying for Britain, is released and flown to the UK as part of a swap with Russian agents caught in the United States. He settles in Salisbury.
March 3, 2018 - Yulia Skripal arrives at Heathrow Airport from Russia to visit her father in England.
March 4, 9.15am - Sergei Skripal's burgundy BMW is seen in suburban Salisbury, near a cemetery, where his wife and son are commemorated.
March 4, 1.30pm - The BMW is seen driving toward central Salisbury.
March 4, 1.40pm - The BMW is parked at a lot in central Salisbury.
A police officer stands guard outside the Zizzi restaurant where Sergei and Yulia had lunch before they collapsed in a nearby park
March 4, afternoon - Sergei and Yulia Skripal visit the Bishops Mill pub.
March 4, 2.20pm to 3.35pm - Sergei and Yulia Skripal have lunch at the Zizzi restaurant.
March 4, 4.15pm - Emergency services are called by a passer-by concerned about a man and a woman in Salisbury city centre.
Officers find the Skripals unconscious on a bench. They are taken to Salisbury District Hospital, where they remain in critical condition.
March 5, morning - Police say two people in Salisbury are being treated for suspected exposure to an unknown substance.
March 5, afternoon - Wiltshire Police, along with Public Health England, declare a 'major incident'
March 7 - Police announce that the Skripals were likely poisoned with a nerve agent in a targeted murder attempt.
They disclose that a police officer who responded to the incident is in serious condition in a hospital.
March 8 - Home Secretary Amber Rudd describes the use of a nerve agent on UK soil was a 'brazen and reckless act' of attempted murder
March 9 - About 180 troops trained in chemical warfare and decontamination are deployed to Salisbury to help with the police investigation.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says Moscow might be willing to assist with the investigation but expresses resentment at suggestions the Kremlin was behind the attack.
March 11 - Public health officials tell people who visited the Zizzi restaurant or Bishops Mill pub in Salisbury on the day of the attack or the next day to wash their clothes as a precaution.
March 12, morning- Prime Minister Theresa May tells the House of Commons that the Skripals were poisoned with Novichok, a military-grade nerve agent developed by the Soviet Union during the Cold War.
March 12, afternoon - Public Health England ask everyone who visited Salisbury town centre on the day of the attack to wash all of their clothes and belongings.
Officers wearing chemical protection suits secure the forensic tent over the bench where Sergei and Yulia fell ill
March 14 - The PM announces the expulsion of 23 suspected Russian spies from the country's UK Embassy.
March 22 - Nick Bailey, the police officer injured in the attack, is released from hospital.
March 26 - The United States and 22 other countries join Britain in expelling scores of Russian spies from capitals across the globe.
March 29 - Doctors say Yulia Skripal is 'improving rapidly' in hospital.
'Unknown time in the spring' - Dutch authorities expelled two suspected Russian spies who tried to hack into a Swiss laboratory
April 3 - The chief of the Porton Down defence laboratory said it could not verify the 'precise source' of the nerve agent.
April 5, morning - Yulia Skripal's cousin Viktoria says she has received a call from Yulia saying she plans to leave hospital soon.
Dawn Sturgess died in hospital on July 8
April 5, afternoon - A statement on behalf of Yulia is released by Metropolitan Police, in which she says her strength is 'growing daily' and that 'daddy is fine'.
April 9 - Ms Skripal is released from hospital and moved to a secure location.
May 18 - Sergei Skripal is released from hospital 11 weeks after he was poisoned.
June 30 - Dawn Sturgess and Charlie Rowley fall ill at a property in Amesbury, which is eight miles from Salisbury, and are rushed to hospital.
July 4 - Police declare a major incident after Ms Sturgess and Mr Rowley are exposed to an 'unknown substance', later revealed to be Novichok.
July 5 - Sajid Javid demands an explanation over the two poisonings as he accuses the Russian state of using Britain as a 'dumping ground for poison'.
July 8 - Mother-of-three Dawn Sturgess, 44, dies in hospital due to coming into contact with Novichok.
July 10 - Mr Rowley regains consciousness at hospital, and later tells his brother that Dawn had sprayed the Novichok onto her wrists.
July 19 - Police are believed to have identified the perpetrators of the attack.
August 20 - Charlie Rowley is rushed to hospital as he starts to lose his sight, but doctors can't confirm whether it has anything to do with the poisoning.
August 26 - Charlie Rowley admitted to intensive care unit with meningitis
August 28 - Police call in the 'super recognisers' in bid to track down the poisoners
September 4 - Charlie Rowley's brother says he has 'lost all hope' and doesn't have long to live.
Independent investigators, the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, confirm the toxic chemical that killed Ms Sturgess was the same nerve agent as that which poisoned the Skripals.
September 5 - Scotland Yard and CPS announce enough evidence to charge Russian nationals Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov for conspiracy to murder over Salisbury nerve agent attack.
September 13 - Britain's most wanted men speak to RT and claim to be humble tourists
September 26 - The real identity of one of the two assassins, named by police as Ruslan Boshirov, is reported to be Colonel Anatoliy Vladimirovich Chepiga.
October 3: New photo emerges that appears to show Col Chepiga on the Wall of Heroes at the Far-Eastern Military Academy, providing more evidence against the Kremlin's denials.
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