In August, the British government identified the two suspects in the Skripal poisoning case as Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov, accusing them of involvement with the GRU, Russian military intelligence. Russian President Vladimir Putin responded by saying the two suspects would come forward and make a media appearance. Shortly after, Petrov and Boshirov did a video taped interview with Margarita Simonyan, the editor-in-chief of RT News. Host Marco Werman speaks to Kirsty Wark about that experience.
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