From Russia's ambassador to New Zealand, Valery Tereshchenko:
"It is surprising that the British side has made conclusions so fast and they stated clearly that the trails lead to Russia. People who can think logically can ask why Russia would need this right now."
Yep - and they'd quite probably reach the correct conclusion as well, I mean it's not as if Russia hasn't done this kind of thing before.
"I'm sure that this event is a well-staged provocation aimed at fanning anti-Russian campaign. Just remember the rumours around Russian meddling with the US election and campaigns, that sanctions were imposed but as a result it turned out that Russia did not intervene," he said.
That claim surely comes from some alternate universe, the RNC or whatever.