Russian intelligence service (GRU) colonel Anatoliy Chepiga (previously believed to be Ruslan Boshirov), who is one of the suspects in the poisoning of former agent Sergei Skripal in Salisbury, allegedly headed the operation to evacuate ex-Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych from Ukraine following the Euromaidan revolution, investigative journalist Sergei Kanev told Hromadske.
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Hromadske International: Journalist says Skripal poisoning suspect helped Yanukovych escape to Russia
A handout picture taken on Wilton Road in Salisbury, west of London on March 4, and released by the British Metropolitan Police Service in London on Sept. 5, shows Alexander Petrov (R) and Ruslan Boshirov, who are wanted by British police in connection with the nerve agent attack on former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia.
