UK and Russian police working well on World Cup trouble risks, MPs told

• Select committee told of co-operation despite Salisbury incident
• Minister admits government is reliant on Russian assurances

Russian and UK police are cooperating well on plans to protect supporters travelling to the World Cup, the Foreign Office has said, despite the collapse in relations between the two countries following the poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal in Salisbury in March.

The minister of state Harriett Baldwin told the foreign affairs select committee’s inquiry into government preparations for the World Cup that police and counter-terrorism are two operational areas in which cooperation with Russia is continuing, at a “strong level”. No individual or group has yet been identified as being responsible for the Salisbury attack.

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