The Salisbury Poisonings: A Spy Next Door

Overview

In March 2018, former Russian intelligence officer Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia collapse on a park bench in the quiet, historic city of Salisbury, England—a place where nothing ever happens. But this local incident spirals into a full-blown geopolitical crisis, exposing the secret spy war between Russia and the West. This documentary explores loyalty and betrayal, centering on two men: Sergei Skripal and Vladimir Putin, a dictator bent on settling an old score by dispatching assassins armed with the deadly nerve agent Novichok to Salisbury.