The independent Bellingcat research organization says it has reviewed Russian documents, which indicate that the two men suspected in the poisoning of British spy Sergei Skripal have no records in the Russian resident database prior to 2009, a sign they may be working as operatives for the government.
RFE/RL: Bellingcat reports Russian documents suggest Novichok suspects were operatives
A handout picture taken on Fisherton Road in Salisbury, west of London on March 4, and released by the British Metropolitan Police Service in London on Sept. 5, 2018, 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.
