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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Athena Stavrou and Millie Cooke

Salisbury novichok latest: Putin is ‘active threat’ to public, Britons warned after poisoning death inquiry

British citizens have been warned Russian agents are an “active threat” in the UK, after a public inquiry found Vladimir Putin ordered an assassination plot using nerve agent novichok in Salisbury.

The foreign secretary insisted the government “will not tolerate this brazen and despicable aggression on British soil”, as she confirmed sanctions on Russia’s GRU spy agency.

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