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Dali, Warhol, Boshirov: Determining the Time of an Alleged Photograph from Skripal Suspect Chepiga | Bellingcat

 

On 11 October 2014, a Facebook profile to a person named “Ruslan Boshirov” — the cover identity of Skripal poisoner Anatoliy Chepiga — posted a lone photograph of Prague, showing the heavily trafficked Old Town Square and the Astronomical Clock. The upload date of this photograph coincides with a report from the Czech publication iRozhlas that “Boshirov” (Chepiga) visited Prague on 11 October 2014. The Daily Mail reported — which, obviously, requires more than a grain of salt when taking it under consideration — that Boshirov/Chepiga created this Facebook profile to add a Ukrainian woman as a friend after meeting her at a Prague cafe. The woman spoke with the Daily Mail, stating that she remembers meeting him “in 2013 or 2014” and that he created a Facebook page specifically to make contact with her. She was his only Facebook friend before she unfriended him on Facebook.

It is unclear if this profile actually belongs to Chepiga/Boshirov, and reports from the Daily Mail and one Czech publication may not hold enough sway on their own, but determining the time that the photograph was taken is an interesting case study.

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