About Alexander Mishkin
Born 1979. Alexander Mishkin is a Russian spy and military physician.
Alexander Yevgenyevich Mishkin is a doctor in the Russian General Staff's Main Directorate (also known as GRU), the military intelligence service of the Russian Federation.
On 8 October 2018, investigative website Bellingcat and its partner The Insider claimed that Mishkin was one of the suspects in the poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal and the killing of Dawn Sturgess, having travelled to the United Kingdom under the alias Alexander Petrov.
Biography Mishkin was born on 13 July 1979, in the village of Loyga, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Soviet Union. He studied at the S. M. Kirov Military Medical Academy.
In 2014 he received the Hero of Russia award and free upscale apartment in Moscow for his GRU activities.
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Who is Alexander Mishkin?
Russian spy, military doctor
When was Alexander Mishkin born?
Alexander Mishkin was born on 13 July 1979 in Loyga, Kotlas.
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Alexander Mishkin is a spy and military physician.
What nationality is Alexander Mishkin?
Alexander Mishkin is Russian.
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