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Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov are linked to an explosion at an arms depot in the Czech Republic in 2014.
Two Russian men suspected of carrying out the Salisbury poisonings are being linked to a 2014 explosion at an arms depot in the Czech Republic.
Czech police’s organised crime unit published on Saturday photographs of two foreign citizens were using Russian passports and were identified as Alexander Petrov, 41, and Ruslan Boshirov, 43.
The duo were suspected of being behind the Salisbury Novichok poisoning of former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in 2018.
Police said Petrov and Boshirow visited the country, including the Zlin region where Vrbetice is located, between October 11 and October 16 in 2014 and asked the public for any information about them.
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England footballer Marcus Rashford and child poverty campaigners are celebrating after the Government U-turned over providing free meals to disadvantaged children during the Christmas holidays.
The Prime Minister personally phoned the Manchester United star after he played in his team’s Premier League clash against Everton on Saturday to alert him to the decision to lay on £170 million of extra funding for the measure.
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