According to Karpichkov himself, who lives in emigration in New Zealand, he was warned about it by an acquaintance back in February, the Observer reports referring to NBC News.
"Be careful, look around. Something can probably happen. This is very serious, "a former spy.
The list also has the name of Violin. According to Karpichkov himself, before the poisoning at Salisbury, this name was not yet familiar to him, and he perceived the threat as a joke.
However, after the poisoning of Skripal, he realized that it was a sign from the FSB.
Among the names on the list are former KGB agents, as well as Christopher Steele, who investigated the connections of US President Donald Trump to the Kremlin.
Also on the list is the name of Bill Browder, the initiator of international sanctions against Russian officials associated with the case of lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, who died in prison in 2009.