London police examine Vladimir Putin’s role in Salisbury attack
Russian president is assessed as ‘likely’ to have approved of nerve agent attack on Skripals
Scotland Yard has examined the role of the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, in the novichok nerve agent attack in Salisbury, it has been revealed.
Putin is assessed by UK intelligence agencies as having been “likely” to have approved of the attack in March 2018 on Sergei Skripal, a former Russian military officer, and his daughter, both of whom were left seriously ill but survived.