Bellin­gcat says Sergee­v used the cover name Sergey Fedoto­v when operat­ing intern­ationa­llyLONDON: British investigators have identified a Russian military intelligence officer as a third suspect in the poisoning of former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal, two European security sources told Reuters. The sources confirmed a report by the investigative website Bellingcat which on Thursday identified Denis Sergeev, a high-ranking GRU officer and a graduate of Russia’s Military Diplomatic Academy, as the suspect. Last September, British prosecutors charged two Russians – known by the aliases Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov – with attempted murder in their absence. Two Britons poisoned with Novichok nerve agent near where Russian spy was struck downBellingcat said that Sergeev used the cover name Sergey Fedotov when operating internationally. Bellingcat said it had traced extensive travel by Sergeev around Europe, Central Asia and the Middle East in the years before the Skripal attack.

Source: The Express Tribune February 15, 2019 11:03 UTC