Second suspect in Salisbury case named as Alexander Mishkin

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The name of the second suspect in the Salisbury case is actually Alexander Mishkin, the BBC understands.

The Bellingcat investigative website says the man who travelled under the alias Alexander Petrov is in reality a military doctor working for Russian intelligence, the GRU.

Last month, Bellingcat named the first suspect as Anatoliy Chepiga, a claim rejected by Russia.

More details about how it uncovered the identity will be released on Tuesday.

Russian ex-spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia were poisoned in March.

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