The former spy and his daughter who were poisoned by Russian military intelligence agents have started a new life in New Zealand.
Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia settled in the country after spending more than a year sheltering in the British MI6 shelter, according to London Sunday Times.
Both were found unconscious on a park bench in the city of Salisbury in England in March 2018. An investigation revealed the couple had been poisoned with Novichok, a Soviet-era neurochemicals, which Russian officers have smeared on their door handles.
After becoming a Russian spy, Skripal disputed with his old colleagues after acting as a double agent on behalf of Britain during the 1990s and 2000s.
The father and daughter survived the attack after a long time in critical condition.
Russia has a long history of targeting country enemies outside their own borders. In 2006, Russian dissident Alexander Litvinenko was killed in London after being poisoned with Polonium.
Even though they will likely remain under the radar for the rest of their lives, Skripal still keeps in touch with their old neighbors, Ross Cassidy and Mo’s wife, who received a Christmas letter in the mail from them in December.
“It’s good to know they think of us,” Cassidy told the Sunday Times. “But I don’t expect we’ll see them again.”
