Friend of poisoned ex-spy says he asked Russian president for permission to visit his familyThe Kremlin has denied a claim that the poisoned former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal wrote to Vladimir Putin asking to be pardoned and to be allowed to visit his domestic country.
The former Russian intelligence officer,who came to Britain in 2010 as part of a spy swap, regretted being a double agent and wanted to visit his family, and his friend Vladimir Timoshkov told the BBC.
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Source: guardian.co.uk