Russian President Vladimir Putin is "morally responsible" for the death of a British woman who died after spraying herself with the Novichok nerve agent that had been smuggled into the UK by Russian agents sent to assassinate a former spy, an inquiry has concluded.
Inquiry chair Lord Hughes of Ombersley said on Thursday the assassination attempt on former agent Sergei Skripal in Salisbury in March 2018 "must have been authorised at the highest level" by Putin.
