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The UK in early September accused two Russian men, Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov, of attempting to assassinate ex-spy Sergei Skripal with a military-grade nerve agent in Salisbury, England in March 2018. UK Prime Minister Theresa May said the names were most likely aliases. Russian President Vladimir Putin, whose government has long denied having any knowledge of the attack, initially claimed that the two men's names "mean nothing to us," then said that they were civilians. 

Petrov and Boshirov even appeared on Russian TV to say they were visiting Salisbury as tourists. But investigative journalism site Bellingcat has dug into the backgrounds of "Petrov" and "Boshirov," and says it has identified both men's true identities and that they work for the GRU. On Monday, Bellingcat reported that the real name of "Petrov" is Dr. Alexander Yevgenyevich Mishkin, "a trained military doctor in the employ of the GRU."

In late September, Bellingcat reported that "Boshirov" is actually Col. Anatoliy Chepiga, a highly decorated officer with the GRU, Russia's intelligence service. Chepiga, 39, had been assigned the alter ego of Boshirov by 2010, Bellingcat said. This was the name used in his passport when he traveled to the UK earlier this year. Bellingcat's findings also cast doubt on Russia's claims that Boshirov and Petrov were civilians and that the government had no knowledge of the Skripal attack.

Second Sergei Skripal 'poisoner' identified as Russian military doctor - Business Insider

"Cast doubt??" The whole Kremlin story (or actually, multiple stories) was nonsense. For starters, these "tourists" were only a day in the UK and what would you view in a day? Salisbury cathedral? Haha. They never even made it to the cathedral, as it happens. They were intimidated by melting snow. Yea, like that's a first for Russians..

The Russians do anything to cast doubt on the painstakenly gathered evidence, they did exactly the same with:

• The Litvinenko assasination (with Polonium, which leaves traces). 
  
• Shooting down of the Malaysian airplane (full of Dutch holidaymakers).
  
• Murdering an x number of political opponents.
  
• Intervening in an x number of foreign elections.
  
• Intervening in East Ukraine.
  

Etc. etc.