Nikolay Glushkov, 68, was strangled at his home in New Malden, south-west London - with an inquest ruling he was unlawfully killed by an unknown assailant.
Counter-terror police have renewed an appeal for information into the mysterious death of a Russian dissident, hours before the inquest into his death is due to resume in London.
Commander Richard Smith, head of the Metropolitan Police’s counter-terrorism command, said questions remain about the death of 68-year-old Russian businessman Nikolay Glushkov in New Malden, south-west London, three years ago.
Police launched a murder investigation after the father-of-two and Kremlin critic was found apparently strangled at his home on March 12 2018, a week after the Novichok poisoning of the former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in Salisbury.
Putin critic Nikolai Glushkov murder cops appeal for information into mysterious death just hours before inquest
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COPS have today appealed for more information over the mysterious death of a Russian dissident just before an inquest is due to start.
Russian businessman Nikolay Glushkov, 68, was found dead in New Malden, South West London, three years ago - apparently strangled.
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Russia national Nikolay Glushkov, 68, who was found dead at his home in New Malden, south-west London, three years agoCredit: PA
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Did you see a black Volkswagen van in or around Clarence Avenue in New Malden on March 12 2018?Credit: PA
Police launched a murder investigation after the father-of-two and Kremlin critic was found at his home on March 12 2018, a week after the Novichok poisoning of the former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in Salisbury.
A Russian man critical of the Kremlin was strangled in his own home by a third party, a coroner has ruled, after evidence suggested his death was made to look like suicide.
Father-of-two Nikolay Glushkov was found dead in the hallway of his home in New Malden, south-west London, a week after former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal, 66, and his daughter Yulia, 33, were poisoned with nerve agent Novichok in Salisbury.
Paramedics arriving at Mr Glushkov’s home on March 12 2018 immediately raised concerns that he had been killed because of the way suicide paraphernalia appeared to be deliberately placed.
A post-mortem examination report concluded Mr Glushkov, 68, “died at the hands of a third party, due to compression of the neck, followed by the staging of a scene”.
Counter-terror police have renewed an appeal for information into the mysterious death of a Russian dissident, hours before his inquest is due to resume.
Head of the Met Police s counter-terrorism command Richard Smith said questions remain about the death businessman Nikolay Glushkov, 68, in New Malden, south-west London, three years ago.
Police launched a murder investigation after the father-of-two and Kremlin critic was found apparently strangled at his home on March 12, 2018.
It was a week after the Novichok poisoning of the former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in Salisbury.
Mr Smith said he was keen to hear from residents of Clarence Avenue, where Mr Glushkov lived for two years, after sightings of a black van in the area at the time.