Skripal attack: GRU suspect Mishkin traced to Russian village
[ad_1] Image copyright Leg29 Image caption For most of the year, Loyga is accessible only via a narrow-gauge railroad, ending at a dilapidated old depot The tiny village of Loyga in the Russian far north is not the kind of place you would expect to be at the centre of an international spy scandal. With fewer than 1,000 inhabitants, it has rail access but no paved roads. It's too small even to show up on Google Maps. But Loyga has proved crucial to piecing together the story of the real "Alexander Petrov" - the second man the UK authorities suspect over the Skripal poisoning case in Salisbury. On Monday the Bellingcat online investigations team announced they had discovered Mr Petrov was actually Dr Alexander Mishkin , born in Loyga, in the Archangel region. So BBC Russian began trawling through Russian...