Skripal Affair/Boshirov and Petrov in the UK
| Date | 2 March 2018 - 4 March 2018 |
|---|---|
| Location | Salisbury, UK |
| Description | Overview of what Boshirov and Petrov did in the UK |
The two Russians citizens Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov were soon fingered by the British government as Russian intelligence operatives on a mission to assassinate Sergei Skripal. The two men said they were in the UK for undefined 'business' and in addition went on sightseeing.
| RT's exclusive interview with Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov on the Skripal poisoning case in Salisbury. |
Craig Murray on Boshirov and Petrov
The dissident former British diplomat Craig Murray has played a central part in pointing out flaws in the British government narrative, including this post:
"Were I Vladimir Putin, I would persuade Boshirov and Petrov voluntarily to come to the UK and stand trial, on condition that it was a genuinely fair trial before a jury in which the entire proceedings, and all of the evidence, was open and public, and the Skripals and Pablo Miller might be called as witnesses and cross-examined.[1] I have no doubt that the British government’s desire for justice would suddenly move into rapid retreat if their bluff was called in this way."[2]
| Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov are seen walking past the Dauwalders rare stamp shop before becoming distracted by the big window shopping Lamp-Lighter[3] |
"The greater mystery about these two is, if they did visit the Skripal House and paint Novichok on the doorknob, why did they afterwards walk straight past the railway station again and head into Salisbury city centre, where they were caught window shopping in a coin and souvenir shop with apparently not a care in the world, before eventually returning to the train station? It seems a very strange attitude to a getaway after an attempted murder. In truth their demeanour throughout the photographs is consistent with their tourism story.
"The Russians have so far presented this pair in a very unconvincing light. But on investigation, the elements of their story which are claimed to be wildly improbable are not inconsistent with the facts.
Craig Murray writes:"There remains the much larger question of the timing. The Metropolitan Police state that Boshirov and Petrov did not arrive in Salisbury until 11.48 on the day of the poisoning. That means that they could not have applied a nerve agent to the Skripals’ doorknob before noon at the earliest. But there has never been any indication that the Skripals returned to their home after noon on Sunday 4 March. If they did so, they and/or their car somehow avoided all CCTV cameras. Remember they were caught by three CCTV cameras on leaving, and Borishov and Petrov were caught frequently on CCTV on arriving."
"The Skripals were next seen on CCTV at 13.30, driving down Devizes road. After that their movements were clearly witnessed or recorded until their admission to hospital.
"So even if the Skripals made an “invisible” trip home before being seen on Devizes Road, that means the very latest they could have touched the doorknob is 13.15. The longest possible gap between the novichok being placed on the doorknob and the Skripals touching it would have been one hour and 15 minutes. Do you recall all those “experts” leaping in to tell us that the “ten times deadlier than VX” nerve agent was not fatal because it had degraded overnight on the doorknob? Well that cannot be true. The time between application and contact was between a minute and (at most) just over an hour on this new timeline.
"In general it is worth observing that the Skripals, and poor Dawn Sturgess and Charlie Rowley, all managed to achieve almost complete CCTV invisibility in their widespread movements around Salisbury at the key times, while in contrast “Petrov and Boshirov” managed to be frequently caught in high quality all the time during their brief visit.
"This is especially remarkable in the case of the Skripals’ location around noon on 4 March. The government can only maintain that they returned home at this time, as they insist they got the nerve agent from the doorknob. But why was their car so frequently caught on CCTV leaving, but not at all returning? It appears very much more probable that they came into contact with the nerve agent somewhere else, while they were out.
Related Document
| Title | Type | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
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| File:Another Version Attempting To Explain Trip Of GRU Agents Petrov And Boshirov To Salisbury.pdf | article | 20 September 2018 | Andrei Grachev | Originally written by Andrei Grachev on his Facebook page. The post was deleted by Facebook because it allegedly violated its rules. |
