AKTAU, August 12./TASS/. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has slammed as absurd the US Department of State’s accusations against Russia over the Skripal case.

"I think that all who know even a little bit about the so-called Skripal case, understand the absurdity of the statement in the official document of the US. Department of State that the US has established it was Russia behind the Salisbury incident," Lavrov told reporters.