Sergei Skripal

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Viktorovich and the family name is Skripal.

Sergei Skripal
Сергей Скрипаль
Born (1951-06-23) 23 June 1951 (age 73)
Kaliningrad Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union[1]
Citizenship
  • Russia
  • United Kingdom
Spouse
Lyudmila Koshelnik
​
(died 2012)​
[2]
Children2

Sergei Viktorovich Skripal (Russian: Сергей Викторович Скрипаль, IPA: [sʲɪrˈɡʲej ˈvʲiktərəvʲɪtɕ skrʲɪˈpalʲ]; born 23 June 1951) is a former Russian military intelligence officer who acted as a double agent for the United Kingdom's intelligence services during the 1990s and early 2000s.[3] In December 2004, he was arrested by Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) and later tried, convicted of high treason, and sentenced to 13 years in prison. He settled in the United Kingdom in 2010 following the Illegals Programme spy swap. He holds both Russian and British citizenship.[4][5]

On 4 March 2018, he and his daughter Yulia, a Russian citizen who was visiting him from Moscow, were poisoned with a Russian-developed Novichok nerve agent,[6][7] and were admitted to Salisbury District Hospital in a critical condition.[5] The poisoning was investigated by the British intelligence service as an attempted murder.[7]

On 29 March 2018, Yulia was reported to be out of critical condition, and was "conscious and talking".[8] A week later, on 6 April, it was announced that Sergei Skripal was no longer in critical condition.[9] He was discharged from hospital on 18 May 2018.[10]

  1. ^ Corera, Gordon (10 March 2018). "Sergei Skripal – the Russian former spy at centre of poison mystery". BBC News. Archived from the original on 26 June 2018. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  2. ^ Morris, Steven; Harding, Luke; Bannock, Caroline (6 March 2018). "Woman in Russian spy mystery identified as Sergei Skripal's daughter". The Guardian (US ed.). London. Archived from the original on 7 March 2018. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  3. ^ "Who is former Russian intelligence officer Sergei Skripal?". BBC News. 5 March 2018. Archived from the original on 8 March 2018. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  4. ^ Janjevic, Darko (6 April 2018). "The curious case of Yulia Skripal's recorded phone call". Deutsche Welle. Archived from the original on 9 April 2018. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  5. ^ a b "Russia spy: Allies condemn nerve agent attack". BBC News. 15 March 2018. Archived from the original on 15 March 2018. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
  6. ^ Asthana, Anushka; Roth, Andrew; Harding, Luke; MacAskill, Ewen (12 March 2018). "May issues ultimatum to Moscow over Salisbury poisoning". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 4 June 2019. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  7. ^ a b Dodd, Vikram; Harding, Luke; MacAskill, Ewen (8 March 2018). "Sergei Skripal: former Russian spy poisoned with nerve gas, say police". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 7 April 2018. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  8. ^ "Russian spy: Yulia Skripal 'conscious and talking'". BBC News. 29 March 2018. Archived from the original on 15 August 2018. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  9. ^ Joyce, Kathleen (6 April 2018). "Poisoned former Russian spy Sergei Skripal no longer in critical condition, hospital says". Fox News. Archived from the original on 6 April 2018. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  10. ^ "Ex-spy Sergei Skripal discharged after poisoning". BBC News. Archived from the original on 18 May 2018. Retrieved 18 May 2018.