Russian military intelligence agency the GRU has been sanctioned in its entirety by the UK in the wake of the Sturgess inquiry report, the Foreign Office has said.

The measures also hit 11 people linked to state-sponsored hostile activity, and the Russian ambassador has been summoned to the Foreign Office.

The independent inquiry concluded that Russian President Vladimir Putin was “astonishingly reckless” and bears “moral responsibility” for the nerve agent death of Dawn Sturgess, who died after being exposed to the chemical weapon known as Novichok in 2018.

It followed the attempted murder of former spy Sergei Skripal , his daughter Yulia and then-police officer Nick Bailey, who were poisoned in nearby Salisbury in March that year.

They were harmed when members of a GRU milit

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