Ruslan Boshirov, left, and Alexander Petrov attend their first public appearance in an interview with the Kremlin-funded RT channel in Moscow, Russia, Thursday. The two Russian men charged in Britain with poisoning a former Russian spy with a deadly nerve agent appeared on Russian television on Thursday, saying they visited the suspected crime scene as tourists. British police have released CCTV footage and photographs showing the two men walking in Skripal’s neighbourhood on March 4, the day of the attack. Article Continued BelowBoth men on Thursday denied that they are GRU agents or that they were in possession of the Soviet-made Novichok nerve agent. Both men looked composed during the interview, and confidently recited details about Salisbury’s tourist attractions, including the height of the cathedral’s spire.

Source: thestar September 13, 2018 12:33 UTC