The identity of the second suspect in the Salisbury poisonings is likely to be revealed within days as it emerged the pair are now mockingly referred to as “Dolce and Gabbana” in Russian spy circles.
Colonel Anatoliy Chepiga, who used the alias Ruslan Boshirov to enter Britain before the Novichok attack in March, was unmasked on September 26 as a decorated senior member of the GRU, Russia’s military intelligence service.
