AdvertisementPutin ordered the assassination of Sergei Skripal in the UK in 2018, a UK intelligence chief said. Skripal reportedly knew about the Russian president's secret wealth. Vladimir Putin likely ordered the assassination of former spy Sergei Skripal because he knew about sources of the Russian president's illicit wealth, according to UK officials. Allen also told the inquiry that he took at "face value" Skripal's claim that he was likely targeted because he knew about the Russian president's sources of wealth, according to the Guardian. Skripal turned double agent in 1995 when he was recruited by the UK's Secret Intelligence Service, MI6.

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