The UK Counter Terrorism Policing network has confirmed authorising charges against Sergey Fedotov, a third suspect in the Salisbury poisoning attack.
The poisoning attack was on former Russian military intelligence officer, Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia.
“Charges have been authorised against a third person in relation to the ongoing investigation into the Salisbury Novichok attack.
“As a result of continued enquiries, a third man known as ‘Sergey Fedotov’ is identified and evidence relating to this individual is presented to the Crown Prosecution Service,’’ the police said in a statement on Tuesday.
Prosecutors came to the conclusion that Fedotov could be charged with attempted murder and possession and use of a chemical weapon contrary to the 1996 Chemical Weapons Act.
“Police enquiries uncovered evidence to show that ‘Sergey Fedotov’ is an alias for ‘Denis Sergeev’ and that he is a member of the Russian military intelligence service, the GRU,’’ the statement read on.