Skripal poisoning suspect identified as decorated Russian GRU colonel: investigative group
Source: The Hill
Bellingcat, an open-source investigative group, has identified one of the suspects in the poisoning of an ex-Russian spy in Britain as Colonel Anatoliy Chepiga, a decorated officer in Russia’s military intelligence service, the GRU.
Bellingcat released a report Wednesday saying that Ruslan Boshirov, one of the Russians charged by Britain earlier this month in the poisoning of Sergei Skripal, is in fact a cover identity for Chepiga, a GRU officer who has received Moscow’s highest honorary title.
Skripal, a former Russian intelligence officer recruited by Britain as a spy in the 1990s, and his daughter Yulia were poisoned in Salisbury in March with the Novichok nerve agent but survived the attack. Britain, the United States and other allies blamed Russia in the attack. Moscow has denied involvement.
Earlier in September, British authorities charged two Russians, Boshirov and Alexander Petrov, with attempted murder and conspiracy to murder, identifying them as active GRU officers. Officials said when announced the charges last month that they believed the names are aliases that the suspects used to travel abroad.
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