Overview
- The inquiry concluded the Salisbury poisoning was a GRU-run assassination and a deliberate signal of intent, assigning moral responsibility to Vladimir Putin.
- CCTV and mobile data linked Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov, who traveled with Sergey Fodotov, to a plot to kill Sergei Skripal.
- Dawn Sturgess was ruled an entirely innocent victim who died after applying Novichok from a discarded fake perfume bottle.
- Breaks in surveillance and continuity of evidence prevented police from obtaining warrants over Sturgess’s murder.
- The UK sanctioned the GRU and pledged stronger protection for at‑risk individuals, while MP John Glen said justice is unlikely without extradition and Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer condemned Russia’s actions.