PATARKATSISHVILI: MYSTERY DEATH
tents covering the front of the property. Officers had been called shortly before 11pm on Monday to reports of a death at the address. Before his arrest in Russia Mr Glushkov had been living in fear.
The UK’s Metropolitan Police said a post-mortem examination would take place. A spokesman added: ‘The death is being treated as an unexplained. At this stage the Met Police Counter Terrorism Command is leading the investigation as a precaution because of associations that the man is believed to have had. There is no evidence to suggest a link to the incident in Salisbury.’
Meanwhile, Moscow said it would not comply with a deadline of midnight last night to answer Britain’s questions about the poisoning outrage in Salisbury ten days ago.
This means that – with the backing of the US, Germany and France – Mrs May is now heading toward a showdown with President Putin and his regime. She is today expected to impose tough sanctions against Moscow, including booting out Russian diplomats and seizing the assets of Mr Putin’s cronies.