Salisbury poisoning: Two Russians wanted for Novichok attack are named
Daily MailTheresa May will wreak revenge on Vladimir Putin by ordering a covert war on his spy network as she accused two of its assassins of carrying out the Salisbury Novichok attack. Mr Rowley, 48, and his partner Dawn Sturgess, 44, fell ill in Amesbury after coming into contact with the substance months after the same nerve agent was used against Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia Ms Sturgess died in hospital in July and a still frail Mr Rowley made an impassioned call to see the suspects, said by police to be Russian military intelligence officers, 'brought to justice'. Map shows Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov's movement on the day of the poisoning Petrov was seen grinning in Salisbury on the day police believe the men smeared Novichok on Mr Skripal's front door It has been possible to reconstruct their journey from Moscow to London, on to the Wiltshire cathedral city and back on a plane to Russia Alexander Litvinenko Former KGB agent Litvinenko was poisoned after radioactive polonium 210 was slipped into his tea pot in 2006, a killing which a judge said was probably approved by President Vladimir Putin. Former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia were poisoned with Novichok in Salisbury in attack which the UK has blamed on Russia Mother-of-three Dawn Sturgess died and her partner Charlie Rowley fell ill after they came into contact with Novichok. Mrs Sturgess's former home in Salisbury was closed off by police in July as her death meant the investigation became a murder probe It is thought Novichok was smeared on the front door handle of Mr Skripal's Salisbury home 'We're open for business as usual': £48-a-night east London hotel where Salisbury 'assassins' left traces of Novichok six months ago issues safety reassurance to customers after police urge former guests to get in touch The Metropolitan Police confirmed today that 'low' levels of Novichok were found in the two-star £48 a night hotel in May during part of their investigations A budget hotel used by the two Salisbury poison suspects today insisted they are 'open for business' after it emerged traces of nerve agent Novichok were discovered in a room.