'Former Russian spy' sick to death

london - The man who became deadly sick after receiving an unknown substance in a shopping mall in Salisbury is a former Russian spy. That the BBC has been told Monday.

The 66-year-old Sergei Skripal was accommodated in the United Kingdom in 2010 after an exchange of spies between Russia and the US. Skripal was sentenced to thirteen years in prison in 2006 because he worked for the British intelligence service MI6. He revealed, among other things, the identity of Russian secret agents, who worked undercover in Europe.