U.K. Coroner Rules Exiled Russian Critic Of Putin Was Strangled
Radio Free Europe | April 10, 2021

A British coroner has determined that an exiled Russian critic of President Vladimir Putin was strangled to death by “a third party” at his home in a southwest suburb of London.

Self-exiled Russian businessman Nikolai Glushkov was found dead at his home in New Malden, England, in March 2018.

Senior coroner Chinyere Inyama ruled that Glushkov was “unlawfully killed” after the West London Coroner’s Court heard evidence suggesting his death was made to look like a suicide and that there had been “third-party involvement.”

Um, more clarity, Quincy?

His death came a week after the Novichok poisoning in Salisbury, England, of the Russian former double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter, Yulia.

Message received, Vladimir.

A pathology report presented to the West London Coroner’s Court said Glushkov’s injuries “could be consistent with a neck-hold, applied from behind, and the assailant being behind the victim.”

The pathology report said: “There is a lack of injuries to suggest prolonged grappling or restraint with the third party, and a lack of injuries of a defensive nature to the upper limbs.”

And — in a line read by any of the Monty Python cast:

The coroner’s verdict said: “From all the documentation, all the evidence gathered, Nikolai Glushkov died from an unlawful killing.”

Appealing to those who harbor a death wish:

British detectives are renewing an appeal for witnesses who were in the New Malden area on March 11-12, 2018.

And more appealing:

The inquest coincides with a renewed appeal by London’s Met Police counterterrorism unit for more information about Glushkov’s death.

Commander Richard Smith says more than 1,800 potential witnesses have been contacted and more than 420 statements taken.

Wait.

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So, these crackerjack investi-gaiters can divvie up a 23% response rate to their inquiries?