(07-15-2018, 04:53 PM)guohua Wrote: ...In 1978, Markov was killed in London by an operative connected to the KGB and Putin was a Major or Colonel in the KGB back then.
I think it was called the Umbrella Murder.
Quote:'...KGB defectors including Oleg Kalugin and Oleg Gordievsky have confirmed that the KGB arranged the murder,Wikipedia
even presenting the Bulgarian assassin with alternatives such as a poisonous jelly to smear on Markov's skin,
but to this day no one has been charged with Markov's murder, largely because most documents relating to his death
were probably destroyed.
The British newspaper The Times has reported that the prime suspect is an Italian named Francesco Gullino (or Giullino)
who was last known to be living in Denmark.
A British documentary, The Umbrella Assassin (2006), interviewed people associated with the case in Bulgaria, Britain,
Denmark and America, and revealed that the prime suspect, Gullino, is alive and well, and still travelling freely throughout
Europe...'
Odd that the Wiki-article mentions a jelly to smear on the skin.
Quote:Net closes in on Novichok assassins: Britain is 'close to identifying Russian spies' behind SalisburySOURCE:
attack as it's claimed nerve agent that later killed a mother-of-three 'was hidden in a perfume bottle
she sprayed herself with'
*Charlie Rowley, 45, was left fighting for his life after he was exposed to Novichok
*His partner Dawn Sturgess, 44, died after she was poisoned by the nerve agent
*Matthew Rowley said the poison was in a perfume bottle his brother picked up
'The brother of one of the Novichok poisoning victims has claimed that the nerve agent was found in a
perfume bottle, as Britain reportedly closes in on identifying the Russian spies responsible for the attack.
Charlie Rowley, 45, was left fighting for his life in hospital after being exposed to the deadly nerve agent
in Salisbury, Wiltshire and his partner Dawn Sturgess, 44, died last Sunday following a heart attack.
Police started a murder investigation after Ms Sturgess's death and are now said to be closing in on the
people who carried out the attack. Mr Rowley's brother Matthew said the poison had been contained in a
perfume bottle which the 45-year-old picked up, BBC News reported.
He said Charlie Rowley was 'absolutely not the brother I know' and said he was still concerned after speaking
to his brother on the phone. But he said his brother had started eating solid food again as he continues to be
treated at Salisbury District Hospital.
Meanwhile the New York Times reported that the Russian GRU agency is thought to be responsible for the attacks
in Salisbury. The newspaper quoted an American official as saying that Britain was 'closing in on identifying the
individuals they believe carried out the operation' although it was not ruled out that other agencies could have
been involved.
Sergei Skripal served in the GRU, which is also cited in charges by U.S. officials related to alleged Russian
hacking in the 2016 presidential election. Police said last week they had found traces of the nerve agent in a
small bottle in the Amesbury home of Mr Rowley.
Experts are trying to determine whether the Novichok that poisoned them was from the same batch used in
the attempted murder of Sergei and Yulia Skripal. Earlier it was reported that Charlie Rowley's first words when
he woke from a coma were 'They killed my girlfriend, They killed my girlfriend!'
Search teams investigating the poisoning have recovered more than 400 exhibits, samples and items -with police
warning that searches could last months. Assistant Commissioner Neil Basu, national lead for Counter Terrorism
Policing in the UK, described the process as 'painstaking and vital work'.
Counter-terror detectives are trying to establish where the bottle came from and how it came to be in Mr Rowley's
home. The UK has invited experts from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) to
independently confirm the identity of the nerve agent.
A post-mortem for Ms Sturgess is scheduled to take place on Tuesday and an inquest into her death is set to open
and adjourn in Salisbury on Thursday...'
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