Putin is ‘morally responsible’ for Dawn Sturgess’s novichok death, inquiry finds
‘Overwhelming’ evidence that Russian state planned attack on ex-spy Sergei Skripal that led to Sturgess’s death in 2018, says chairVladimir Putin is “morally responsible” for the death of a British woman killed after she sprayed herself with a nerve agent smuggled into the UK by Russian...
<p>‘Overwhelming’ evidence that Russian state planned attack on ex-spy Sergei Skripal that led to Sturgess’s death in 2018, says chair</p><p>Vladimir Putin is “morally responsible” for the death of a British woman <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/may/31/she-never-had-a-voice-dawn-sturgess-parents-hope-tv-drama-bbc-salisbury-poisonings-novichok">killed after she sprayed herself with a nerve agent</a> smuggled into the UK by Russian agents to assassinate a former spy, an inquiry has concluded.</p><p>Lord Hughes of Ombersley, the chair of <a href="https://www.dawnsturgess.independent-inquiry.uk/">the inquiry</a>, said the assassination attempt on the former spy Sergei Skripal in Salisbury in March 2018 must have been authorised by Putin.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/dec/04/putin-morally-responsible-dawn-sturgess-novichok-death-inquiry">Continue reading...</a>
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