14 Mar 2018

Another Russia critic found dead in UK

From Morning Report, 8:14 am on 14 March 2018

Another critic of Russia and Russian President Vladamir Putin has been found dead in London of unexplained causes. Nikolai Glushkov was exiled from Russia and living in the UK. London police say so far there's no evidence to suggest a link to the poisoning of the former spy, Sergei Skripal and his daughter in Salisbury. But the counter-terrorism command unit was leading the investigation into the death as a precaution. I spoke earlier to Sir Tony Brenton, who was the UK ambassador to Russia another former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko was poisoned in Britain. He says says the Salisbury attack on Sergei Skripal would have been sanctioned at the highest levels.