Report: Third Alleged Russian Agent Involved In Skripal Mission Identified

Surveillance camera footage of Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov, the two suspects in the Skripal attack, at Salisbury train station the day before Skripal's collapse. London Metropolitan Police

Business Insider: A 3rd Russian agent reportedly went to England to prep the nerve agent attack on Sergei Skripal

* British authorities have identified a third agent involved in the attack against former Russian spy Sergei Skripal, The Telegraph reported.
* The UK earlier this month accused two Russian intelligence agents of the attempted assassination.
* The third agent was also part of Russia's intelligence service, and this person visited England to check out the layout of Skripal's neighborhood before his colleagues arrived, The Telegraph said.
* The report comes as the investigative-journalism site Bellingcat identified one of the suspects as Col. Anatoliy Chepiga, a highly decorated officer with the GRU, Russia's intelligence service.
* The Kremlin has repeatedly denied knowledge of the attack. The latest findings may weakening this claim.

A third Russian intelligence agent went to England to plan the nerve agent poisoning of a former Russian spy earlier this year, The Telegraph has reported, casting further doubt on the Kremlin's claims that it had no knowledge of the attack.

The UK in early September accused two Russian men, who traveled under the names Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov, of the attempted assassination.

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WNU Editor: The Kremlin's response has been the following .... Kremlin on Skripal suspect identification: 'Many people look alike' (Reuters). A respected Russian daily has ID'd one of the Skripal suspects as a senior Russian intelligence agent .... Russian paper: Villagers ID Russian suspect in UK poisoning (AP).

More News On Reports That A Third Alleged Russian Agent Involved In The Skripal Mission Has Been Identified

Third GRU agent who carried out Skripal reconnaissance mission identified by secret services -- The Telegraph
Report: Third Alleged Russian Agent Involved In Skripal Mission Identified -- RFE
Third Russian Agent in Skripal Reconnaissance Mission Identified, Media Reports -- Moscow Times
In Russia’s Far East, villagers recognize a Skripal poisoning suspect -- Washington Post