Alexander Mishkin
{{Short description|Russian spy, military doctor}}
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| native_name = Алекса́ндр Ми́шкин
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| birth_name = Alexander Yevgenyevich Mishkin
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| nickname = Alexander Petrov
Nicolaj Popa
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| birth_place = Loyga, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
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| allegiance = Russia
| branch = Main Intelligence Directorate
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| rank = Polkovnik (equiv. colonel)
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Alexander Yevgenyevich Mishkin ({{langx|ru|Алекса́ндр Евге́ньевич Ми́шкин}}) is a doctor in the Russian General Staff's Main Directorate (also known as GRU), the military intelligence service of the Russian Federation.{{cite web|url=https://www.bellingcat.com/news/uk-and-europe/2018/10/08/second-skripal-poisoning-suspect-identified-as-dr-alexander-mishkin/|title=Second Skripal Poisoning Suspect Identified as Dr. Alexander Mishkin|date=8 October 2018|accessdate=10 October 2018|publisher=Bellingcat}}
On 8 October 2018, investigative website Bellingcat and its partner The Insider claimed that Mishkin was one of the suspects in the poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal and the killing of Dawn Sturgess, having travelled to the United Kingdom under the alias Alexander Petrov. Another alias he has used is Nicolaj Popa.{{Cite news|last=Corera|first=Gordon|author-link=Gordon Corera|date=2021-04-18|title=Salisbury poisoning suspects 'linked to Czech blast'|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-56790053|access-date=2021-04-18}}
Biography
Mishkin was born on 13 July 1979, in the village of Loyga, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Soviet Union.{{Cite web|last=Ibehej|first=Jaroslav|date=2021-04-17|title=Žádost o pomoc při pátrání po 2 osobách|trans-title=Request for assistance in searching for 2 people|url=https://www.policie.cz/clanek/zadost-o-pomoc-pri-patrani-po-2-osobach.aspx|access-date=2021-04-18|website=Police of the Czech Republic|language=cs}} He studied at the S. M. Kirov Military Medical Academy.{{Cite web|date=2018-10-09|title=Full report: Skripal Poisoning Suspect Dr. Alexander Mishkin, Hero of Russia|url=https://www.bellingcat.com/news/uk-and-europe/2018/10/09/full-report-skripal-poisoning-suspect-dr-alexander-mishkin-hero-russia/|access-date=2021-04-18|website=Bellingcat}}{{Cite news|last=Goryashko|first=Sergei|last2=Soshnikov|first2=Andrei|last3=Zakharov|first3=Andrei|date=2018-10-09|title=Skripal attack: GRU suspect Mishkin traced to Russian village|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-45799037|access-date=2021-04-18}}
In 2014 he received the Hero of Russia award and free upscale apartment in Moscow for his GRU activities.
In April 2021 Mishkin, alongside Anatoliy Chepiga, was linked to the 2014 Vrbětice ammunition warehouses explosions in the Czech Republic. He is wanted by the Czech Police.{{Cite web|last=Armstrong|first=Mark|date=2021-04-18|title=Salisbury poisoning suspects wanted by Czech police over 2014 blast|url=https://www.euronews.com/2021/04/18/czech-police-hunt-russian-salisbury-poisoning-suspects-over-deadly-2014-explosion|access-date=2021-04-28|website=euronews|language=en}}
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Category:People from Ustyansky District
Category:Russian military doctors
Category:S.M. Kirov Military Medical Academy alumni
Category:Russian individuals subject to European Union sanctions
Category:Russian individuals subject to United Kingdom sanctions
Category:Russian individuals subject to U.S. Department of the Treasury sanctions
Category:Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List
Category:Heroes of the Russian Federation
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