European arrest warrant out for two Russians for nerve agent attack
Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov, possibly aliases, have been identified by British police; Russia says the names mean nothing to Moscow
London — British prosecutors said on Wednesday that they have obtained a European arrest warrant for two Russians blamed for a nerve agent attack on a former spy in the city of Salisbury. Police identified Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov as the men who tried to kill former Russian double-agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia with novichok in March. The Russian foreign ministry said the names meant nothing to Moscow, Reuters cited the RIA news agency as saying. The UK’s crown prosecution service (CPS) said it would not apply for their extradition, as Russia had made clear in previous cases that it did not extradite its nationals. "We have, however, obtained a European arrest warrant," said CPS director of legal services, Sue Hemming. "[This] means that if either man travels to a country where [such a warrant] is valid, they will be arrested and face extradition on these charges for which there is no statute of limitations." Assistant commissioner Neil Basu of London’s Metr...
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