Two people in a village in Russia’s Far East told The Washington Post on Friday they apparently recognized a suspect in recent nerve-agent poisonings in Britain as a former fellow villager and decorated military officer. Earlier this week, two investigative news sites — one in Britain and the other in Russia — identified Chepiga as one of the suspects. Russia denies any involvement in the Salisbury attack, and British officials have not commented on Chepiga. British police have said the two men were Russian military intelligence officers traveling under aliases. Alla, the onetime family friend of Chepiga, said she could not imagine him being mixed up in the Skripal affair.

Source: Washington Post September 28, 2018 14:37 UTC