Biography
Sergei Skripal — double agent with roots in the Russian Empire
Sergei Skripal is a former Russian military intelligence (GRU) officer and double agent for British intelligence who survived a poisoning attack with Novichok nerve agent in Salisbury, England in 2018. The attack was attributed to Russian intelligence (GRU) and caused a major international diplomatic crisis.
Russian Connection
Tracing the roots — UK
Born in Kaliningrad in 1951, Skripal served as a GRU colonel before being recruited by British intelligence (MI6) in the 1990s. He was convicted of treason in Russia in 2006, exchanged in a spy swap in 2010, and resettled in Salisbury — where Russian agents attempted to kill him with a military-grade nerve agent. His survival was described as miraculous by doctors.
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Key Achievements
A career defined by ambition
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GRU colonel who became a double agent for British intelligence (MI6)
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Exchanged in spy swap (2010) alongside three other Western agents
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Survived Novichok poisoning in Salisbury (2018) — attributed to GRU agents Petrov and Boshirov
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His case triggered the expulsion of 153 Russian diplomats from Western countries
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One of the most significant espionage cases of the post-Cold War era
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