The poisoning of the Skripals in Britain and the Bulgarian arms baron, as well as the attempted coup in Montenegro, could have been the same secret GRU unit, writes The New York Times, citing interlocutors in Western security agencies.
Experts Bellingcat noticed the similarity of Ruslan Boshirov, whom the British authorities consider involved in the poisoning of former GRU officer Sergei Skripal, with Colonel Anatoly Chepiga, awarded in 2014 the title of Hero of Russia.