chemical weapons act 1996. two russian nationals were alexander petrov and. the police believed to make that these releases. the two men were members of the russian military intelligence service, the gr youth. the operation was almost certainly approved outside the gr you at a senior level of the russian state. i want to recognise mr speaker of the exemplary work of our emergency services, our intelligence agencies, armed forces and law enforcement staff who led the initial response to this attack. we will not let this go. as deputy assistant commissioner deane hayden has said, this investigation has