Vladimir Putin is to be considered “morally responsible” for the death of Dawn Sturgess the woman poisoned with the Novichok give it Russian agents that they wanted to eliminate Sergei Skripal member of GRU (Russian military intelligence) convicted in his home country for espionage for Great Britain.
According to the outcome of an investigation conducted into the matter, from the early stages of the poisoning Sturgess’ conditions were “untenable” and the care received “entirely appropriate”.
The attack as a public demonstration
The attack on Sergei and his daughter Yulia Skripal “It had to be one public demonstration of Russian power“, is the conclusion reached by the president of the commission of inquiry, Lord Anthony Hughes. Sturgess’ death was therefore a collateral damage in a plot that “amounted to a public declaration, both internationally and nationally, that the Russia always acts decisively in defense of what it considers its own interests.”
Putin’s responsibility and authorization
Everyone involved in the attempt to assassinate the Skripalseven Putin who authorized the attack “on highest level“, are considered “morally responsible” of the death of Dawn Sturgess.
The context of the poisoning and the GRU unit
The woman died at Salisbury District Hospital on July 8, 2018, eight days after coming into contact with the Novichok in his partner’s apartment Charlie Rowley(who recovered after two days in hospital) in nearby Amesbury. Sergei Skripaldesignated target, had been brought into the United Kingdom in 2013 as part of one exchange of prisoners. The three killers sent by Kremlin they were members of the unit GRU 29155often involved in operations worldwideincluding other poisonings.