The two Russian intelligence officers accused of poisoning Sergey Skripal in Salisbury are ready for their close-up. On Thursday, in a piece of televised political theater astonishing even by the Kremlin’s usual standards, Russia’s foreign propaganda channel RT aired an exclusive interview with the two men charged with a chemical attack on British soil. Everything about this video is unusual: from who pitched the idea in the first place, to who carried out the interview, and when, to the substance of what was said—and left unsaid—during the interview itself.
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A handout picture taken on Wilton Road in Salisbury, west of London on March 4, and released by the British Metropolitan Police Service in London on Sept. 5, shows Alexander Petrov (R) and Ruslan Boshirov, who are wanted by British police in connection with the nerve agent attack on former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia.
