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Skripal poisoning: It's time for the Corbyn left to confront its Putin problem

Thursday, 20 September 2018 11:45 AM

Last week, Russia's disinformation machine finally jumped the shark. The interview of 'Ruslan Boshirov' and 'Alexander Petrov' on RT was an obscene display of contempt towards the West and Britain in particular.
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http://www.politics.co.uk/comment-analysis/2018/09/20/skripal-poisoning-it-s-time-for-the-corbyn-left-to-confront

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Skripal 'hitman' unmasked as GRU colonel awarded Russia's highest military honour by Vladimir Putin

Hayley Dixon, special correspondent Robert Mendick, chief reporter
26 SEPTEMBER 2018 • 6:16PM
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/09/26/skripal-hitman-unmasked-gru-colonel-awarded-russias-highest/

One of the trained assassins wanted for poisoning Sergei Skripal is a decorated colonel in Russian military intelligence given the country’s highest award by Vladimir Putin.

The real identity of one of the wanted men in the nerve agent attack - named by counter-terrorism police as Ruslan Boshirov - can be disclosed as Colonel Anatoliy Vladimirovich Chepiga.

The 39-year-old, who has served in wars in Chechnya and Ukraine, was made a Hero of the Russian Federation by decree of the President in 2014 in a ceremony shrouded in secrecy.

The disclosure, uncovered by investigative journalist organisation Bellingcat in conjunction with The Telegraph, exposes as lies Mr Putin’s claims that the Skripals' would-be killers were innocent "civilians".

Chepiga, posing as Boshirov, and a second man identified as Alexander Petrov, have insisted they were on holiday in Salisbury and had no connection with the attack, using weapons-grade Novichok nerve agent.
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https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/09/26/skripal-hitman-unmasked-gru-colonel-awarded-russias-highest/