Putin authorized 2018 Novichok poisoning of ex-Russian spy Sergei Skripal, U.K. inquiry says – Reuters

12/4/2025 – A U.K inquiry concluded that the poisoning and attempted assassination of ex-Russian spy Sergei Skripal "must have been authorized at the highest level, by President Putin." Skripal and his daughter were poisoned in the English city of Salisbury in 2018. In addition, a police officer and an English woman were exposed to the nerve agent, with the woman dying several months after the Skripals were poisoned. Russia has denied involvement in the incident. 

​Putin authorized 2018 Novichok poisoning of ex-Russian spy Sergei Skripal, U.K. inquiry says