8 Facts About Sergei Skripal

1. In the early 1990s Sergei Skripal was recruited by an MI6 agent Pablo Miller, whom the British media declined to name.

2. Vladimir Putin said he was pleased Sergei Skripal had been released from hospital on Friday, more than 10 weeks after the poisoning, and wished him well.

3. In the early 1990s Sergei Skripal was recruited by an MI6 agent Pablo Miller, whom the British media declined to name.

4. At that time, Sergei Skripal was on Czech territory, and according to the journalists' sources, was helping the Czech secret services to expose Russian spies.

5. On 18 May 2018, Sergei Skripal was discharged from the hospital.

6. The UK government insisted on Sergei Skripal being included in the swap.

7. In December 2004, Sergei Skripal was arrested outside his house in Moscow′s Krylatskoye District shortly after returning from Britain.

8. In 1996, due to his diabetes, Sergei Skripal was sent back to Moscow, where he went on to work in the GRU headquarters and for a while was acting director of the GRU personnel department.