By Will Stewart In Moscow for MailOnline
Published: 14:04 BST, 23 May 2019 | Updated: 15:24 BST, 23 May 2019
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An audio tape has emerged that purports to be the first known recording of Russian ex-spy Sergei Skripal since he was poisoned by Novichok in Salisbury last year.
The 30-second recording comprises a voicemail apparently left by Sergei with his niece Viktoria, in which he calls to wish her and mother Yelena a happy Victory Day - a major holiday in Russia.
In the tape, the man can be heard saying that he and Yulia - the name of Skripal's daughter who was also poisoned - are 'good'.
Sergei Skripal has not been seen or heard in public since he narrowly survived being poisoned with nerve agent in Salisbury alongside daughter Yulia (left) last year
According to the Moskovsky Komsomilets newspaper, Skripal called on Viktoria's mobile and left a message when she did not answer.
Unlike his daughter Yulia, 34, Sergei had not been seen or heard from since he was poisoned with nerve agent at his home in Salisbury on 4 March 2018.
Yulia, appearing with a tracheotomy scar on her throat, gave an interview from a secret location that was released on May 23.
In it, she says that she and her father are 'lucky to have both survived this attempted assassination', describing their recovery as 'slow and very painful'.
'As I try to come to terms with the devastating changes thrust upon me both physically and emotionally, I take