LONDON, March 11. /TASS/. The daughter of Russian businessman Nikolai Glushkov who was found dead in London a year ago, Natalia Glushkova, has called on the British people to help in the investigation of her father’s murder in a letter published by the Metropolitan Police.
"I will never forget March 12, 2018, and I still live with the picture of my father when I found him that day. That image will haunt me for my whole life. It is something that I thought could only happen to other people or in the movies, but nothing could have prepared me for what I saw and I don't think I will ever fully recover from it. Quite simply, it has left me devastated," the letter reads.
"Not knowing how or why he was killed or who did it makes this even harder. I know that there will be somebody somewhere who will have information that could help the police with their investigation. If you do, then I ask, please come forward and tell them," Natalia said.
"We have made, and continue to make, extensive enquiries to establish the motive and identify anyone who may have been involved," said Commander Clarke Jarrett, the Head of the Met's Counter Terrorism Command, which is investigating the murder. "We remain absolutely committed and determined to identify and bring those responsible for his murder to justice and I would urge anyone who may have information to contact us," he added.
Glushkov’s murder
Former Aeroflot Deputy Director General Nikolai Glushkov was found dead at his London home on March 12, 2018. The Metropolitan Police said he had died from compression to the neck. At the same time, according to media reports, the businessman was strangled with a dog lead so investigators believe that the killer could have aimed at giving his death the appearance of suicide.
The Met Police said there were no signs that Glushkov’s murder was connected with the Skripal poisoning.
On March 16, 2018, Russia’s Investigative Committee launched a criminal investigation into Glushkov’s murder. However, Russia’s embassy in London said that "Great Britain remains deafeningly silent, still refusing to provide answers to questions by the Russian Prosecutor General’s Office and the embassy about the murder of a Russian citizen and the attempted murder of Russian citizens on British soil." "We must say that Great Britain has shown a zero level of cooperation in investigating these high-profile cases. We believe that it is harmful to law enforcement activities aimed at finding the truth and restoring justice," the embassy added.
Skripal incident
According to London, former Russian military intelligence Colonel Sergei Skripal, who had been convicted in Russia of spying for Great Britain and later swapped for Russian intelligence officers, and his daughter Yulia suffered the effects of an alleged nerve agent in the British city of Salisbury on March 4, 2018. Claiming that the substance used in the attack had been a Novichok-class nerve agent developed in the Soviet Union, London rushed to accuse Russia of being involved in the incident. Moscow rejected all of the United Kingdom’s allegations.