Russians named in spy poisoning

Two Russians charged with carrying out a nerve agent attack in the UK travelled widely in Europe and made a previous trip to London. Britain claims the suspects are agents of the GRU, Russian military intelligence

Mar 4, 2018: Sergei Skripal, former colonel in Russian GRU intelligence, and his daughter, Yulia, are poisoned with Novichok nerve agent in British city of Salisbury

Jun 30: Dawn Sturgess and Charlie Rowley poisoned by nerve agent found in perfume bottle used to smuggle Novichok into Britain 

Jul 8: Dawn Sturgess dies

Suspects charged by British Crown Prosecution Service

Ruslan Boshirov: Born April 12, 1978, in Dushanbe, Tajikistan 2004: Graduated in hydrology from Moscow State University

Alexander Petrov: Born Jul 13, 1979 2003: Listed as employee of Moscow-based pharmaceutical company Microgen

Sep 2016 to Mar 2018: Two men using Russian passports of Boshirov and Petrov visit Amsterdam, Geneva, Milan and Paris. Petrov stays in London from Feb 28 to Mar 5, 2017

Mar 2, 2018: Boshirov and Petrov fly from Moscow’s Sheremetyevo to London Gatwick Airport on Aeroflot flight SU2588. They stay for two nights in two-star City Stay Hotel.
Traces of Novichok are later found in their bedroom

Mar 3: Boshirov and Petrov travel by train to Salisbury on scouting mission before returning to London

Mar 4: Suspects return to Salisbury

Mar 4, 11.58: CCTV shows suspects near Sergei Skripal’s home in Christie Miller Road

       19.28: Petrov and Boshirov pass through passport control at London Heathrow (inset)
    
       22.30: Suspects depart London on Aeroflot flight SU2585 to Moscow
            

Sources: Metropolitan Police, Fontanka Pictures: Associated Press, Getty Images
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