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On Thursday, December 20, Russian President Vladimir Putin held his annual year-end press conference at Moscow’s World Trade Center. Some 1,700 journalists from around the world were accredited for the event.One journalist who received accreditation but was not allowed to attend was Roman Dobrokhotov, editor in chief of The Insider, a Russian investigative news site. Working with investigative group Bellingcat, The Insider uncovered the identities of GRU (Russian military intelligence) agents Colonel Anatoliy Chepiga (aka Ruslan Boshirov) and Alexander Mishkin (Alexander Petrov), the two men suspected of poisoning former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia on March 4, 2018 in Salisbury, England.On Wednesday, December 19, the U.S. State and Treasury Departments sanctioned Chepiga and Mishkin for the failed attempt on Skripal’s life, which entailed the deployment of the military-grade nerve agent Novichok.At Putin’s December 20 question and answer session, the Russian president was asked by RT correspondent Ilya Petrenko about the reactions in the West to the poisoning of the Skripals and the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.RUSSIA -- A man drinks a coffee in front of screens broadcasting Russian President Vladimir Putin's annual press conference, at a bar in Moscow, December 20, 2018.Putin replied:Khashoggi was killed; that’s obvious
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