How 7-Year Investigation Into UK Novichok Poisonings Led Back to Kremlin

How 7-Year Investigation Into UK Novichok Poisonings Led Back to Kremlin

An attack in 2018 using the nerve agent Novichok—which targeted a former Russian agent, Sergei Skripal, but unwittingly killed 44-year-old Dawn Sturgess—was carried out on the orders of Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to a report published at the conclusion of a 14-month public inquiry. The Dawn Sturgess Inquiry published its report on Dec. 4, and the chair, Lord Anthony Hughes, ruled out both a “staged attack” by Britain and an init…