(CNN)The Russian agent who a British investigative outlets identifies as a suspect in the nerve agent poisoning of Sergei Skripal and his daughter has reportedly received a hero’s honor from President Vladimir Putin.
Eliot Higgins, founder of investigative outlet Bellingcat, told CNN that Bellingcat sent an “insider,” one of its partners in Russia, to Alexander Mishkin’s hometown of Loyga to speak to locals and further investigate Mishkin.
Multiple sources told Bellingcat they saw on Mishkin’s grandmother’s mantle a photo of Putin bestowing the Hero of the Russian Federation award, given for service and valor, upon Mishkin.
