Daily Mirror

Now Putin Doctor Death’s grandma has disappeare­d

Exposed by her pic of him getting Vlad gong

- BY CHRIS HUGHES Defence and Security Editor

AWARD Putin handed Mishkin accolade THE grandmothe­r of novichok hitman Dr Alexander Mishkin has vanished after blowing his cover by showing off a photo of Vladimir Putin handing him a gong.

She had proudly shown neighbours an image of the GRU operative – now identified as the second Salisbury assassin – being made a Hero of the Russian Federation by the President.

The accolade is the same one Putin gave accomplice Anatoliy Chepiga.

Cristo Grozev of investigat­ive website Bellingcat, which identified Mishkin, said: “His grandmothe­r, with whom he grew up, has a photograph, in her own words, that has been seen by everybody in the village, of President Putin shaking Mishkin’s hand and giving him the award.”

The Kremlin is thought to have ordered Mishkin’s gran to leave the tiny village of Loyga in northern Russia three days ago and stay with relatives so reporters cannot find her.

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