The Telegraph: Skripal's poisoned in the UK was afraid of his life
Detention of Sergei Skripal, 2004. FSB shooting frame Sergei Skripal, poisoned in the UK, appealed to the police with a statement that he was afraid for his life, reports The Telegraph with reference to sources. The 66-year-old Skripal, a former GRU Colonel, was convicted in Russia for cooperation with British intelligence Mi6, and in 2010 was expelled west.