since salisbury, european security services have been tracking its movements. this year, it was linked to an explosion at a czech arms depot, which killed two people in 2014, and to the attempted assassination of a bulgarian arms dealer. the man seen in this cctv may well be denis sergeev, suspected of smearing poison on car handle. the first two salisbury suspects appeared on russian tv to claim they were just tourists visiting the cathedral, and moscow has consistently denied any involvement. that means that despite today s accusation, the third man, also believed to be in russia, is unlikely to face a british court. earlier today, moscow rejected what it has called an unsubstantiated ruling, by the european court of human rights, which found that russia was responsible for the killing of former kgb officer alexander litvinenko in london in 2006.
military intelligence, the gru, and had operated internationally. so who is denis sergeev? he is a veteran of russian special forces, who then joined unit 29155 of the gru, where he is now thought to be a major general. the unit is said to be tasked with sabotage, subversion and assassination. since salisbury, european security services have been tracking its movements. this year, it was linked to an explosion at a czech arms depot, which killed two people in 2014, and to the attempted assassination of a bulgarian arms dealer. the man seen in this cctv may well be denis sergeev, suspected of smearing poison on car handle. the first two salisbury suspects appeared on russian tv to claim they were just tourists visiting the cathedral, and moscow has consistently denied any involvement. that means that despite today s accusation, the third man,
police today confirmed all three were members of russian military intelligence, the gru, and had operated internationally. so who is denis sergeev? he is a veteran of russian special forces, who then joined unit 29155 of the gru, where he is now thought to be a major general. the unit is said to be tasked with sabotaging sabotage, subversion and assassination. since salisbury security services have been tracking its movements. this year, it was linked to an explosion at a czech arms depot which killed two people in 2014 and the attempted assassination of a bulgarian arms dealer, the man seen in this cctv may well be denis sergeev suspected of smearing poison on car handle. the first two salisbury suspects appeared on russian tv to claim they were just tourists visiting the cathedral and moscow has consistently denied any involvement.