 His death came a week after the poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal in Salisbury, which along with his reputation as a critic of the Putin government, was said to be the reason for putting the Counter Terrorism Command in charge of the investigation.Glushkov reportedly feared being on Putin's hit list and expected to be a likely target.During the subsequent post-mortem his body was found to have marks consistent with strangulation on the neck.