An independent inquiry into the death of Dawn Sturgess, who was poisoned by the nerve agent Novichok in Salisbury in 2018, has opened
Family call for Putin to give evidence at Novichok inquiry
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Novichok inquiry: Who was Dawn Sturgess and how was she poisoned?
Cathryn McGahey KC, for the UK government, said: “It’s the government’s view that this operation was authorised by President Putin.”
A senior Foreign Office (FCDO) official has given a statement to the inquiry spelling out that the British government has concluded the nerve agent attack was so sensitive that Putin himself must have given it the go-ahead.