Sergei Skripal

Sergei Skripal is a former Russian spy who was the target of a Novichok nerve agent attack in Salisbury, England, in March 2018. This event is newsworthy due to recent developments concerning the death of Dawn Sturgess, an innocent British woman who died after being exposed to the same Novichok agent. A recent public inquiry has concluded that Russian President Vladimir Putin bears "moral responsibility" for Sturgess's death, determining the poisoning was a botched assassination attempt authorized at the highest level. The UK government has responded by sanctioning Russia. The inquiry and its findings have brought renewed attention to the Skripal poisoning and its consequences, highlighting concerns about the UK's ability to protect its citizens from such attacks and the potential for similar incidents in the future, as seen in the alleged poisoning of Alexei Navalny.