UK faces tough diplomatic task to challenge Russia after Skripal charges

Britain is taking a risk calling for sanctions just as it leaves EU – and the Kremlin knows itThe UK’s foreign secretary, Jeremy Hunt, faces a daunting diplomatic challenge to persuade wary fellow EU member states to impose further sanctions against Russia, despite the evidence that two Russian passport holders believed to be working for the country’s military intelligence agencyattempted to murder the double agent Sergei Skripal on British soil.By coincidence, the EU announced