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Salisbury poisonings: Who is the real 'Boshirov'?

Two investigative news websites - Bellingcat and The Insider - say that they have discovered the real identity of one of the main suspects in the Salisbury nerve agent poisoning. He is, they say, Anatoly Chepiga, a colonel in Russian military intelligence. He had previously assumed the identity of Ruslan Boshirov. Here's everything we know so far from Roman Dobrokhotov, one of the journalists involved in the investigation.

(Photo: Bellingcat has reported that the man who was named as Ruslan Boshirov is actually Colonel Anatoliy Chepiga. Credit: Reuters)

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