Wednesday, September 02, 2020

Novichok is a familiar poison used by Russian agents within Europe.

September 2, 2020

Berlin - German foreign minister (click here) says Russian ambassador summoned over Navalny poisoning, calls for those responsible to be found.

September 2, 2020
By Robyn Dixon and Loveday Morris

Moscow -  Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny (click here) was poisoned with a nerve agent similar to Novichok, the German government said Wednesday, citing "unequivocal" evidence of the presence of the toxin.

Novichok, a class of chemical weapons developed by the former Soviet Union and Russia, was used to poison former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter in Salisbury, England, in 2018. Western intelligence blamed Russian agents for that poisoning....

Two Russian agents were found on a camera near this area at the time of the poisoning.

April 5, 2018
By Michael Holden and Andrey Ostroukh

...Yulia and Sergei Skripal, (click here) 66, were found slumped unconscious on a public bench in the English city of Salisbury on March 4. Britain said they were poisoned with a military-grade nerve agent, the first known use of such a toxin on European soil since World War Two....