The second of two Russians, who Britain says was responsible for the poisoning of former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter, is named by investigative website Bellingcat as a military doctor for Russia's GRU military intelligence.
The second Russian who Britain blames for the poisoning of a former spy has been named as a military doctor for Russia's spy service.
The investigative website Bellingcat has named him as Alexander Yevgenyevich Mishkin.
The 39-year-old was charged in absentia by Britain last month under the name of Alexander Petrov.
Both he and another man are wanted for attempted murder for a Novichok attack on Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in March.
Bellingcat says he was recruited to the GRU intelligence service during his medical studies and that until September 2014, Mishkin's Moscow home address was the same as the GRU headquarters.
Mishkin's alleged accomplice was earlier identified by the website as a colonel in Russian military intelligence, whose real name was Anatoliy Chepiga.
Both suspects appeared on Russian state TV last month, proclaiming their innocence.
The UK believes they had used fake names to enter the country.
The poisoning has prompted the biggest East-West diplomatic expulsions since the cold war.
Skripal and his daughter were found slumped on a public bench in the town Salisbury and a woman later died after her partner found a fake perfume bottle which police believe had been used to smuggle the nerve agent into the UK.
British police have said they would not comment on speculation about the real identities of the men.
While Russia denies any involvement in the poisoning.
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