An inside look on why Putin is lying about the Novichok GRU officers

Published September 12, 2018 6:34pm ET



On Wednesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin denied that the two GRU intelligence service officers who tried to assassinate Sergei Skripal on U.K. soil this March are actually GRU intelligence officers at all.

Putin says the men are actually “civilians,” who, “he hopes,” will publicly share their story of innocence.

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