Nerve Agent

Vladimir Putin says men suspected of poisoning former spy in UK identified as civilians, urges them to speak to media

The British government has said Putin is ultimately responsible for the nerve agent attack on Sergei Skripal, a claim the Kremlin has strongly denied.

UK security minister says Russian president 'ultimately' responsible for nerve agent attack on former spy

The UK blamed Russia for the 4 March attack, sparking furious denials. In the aftermath, Britain and its allies expelled dozens of Russian diplomats, prompting Russian to respond in kind.

UK nerve agent inquiry: Police finds over 400 'potentially contaminated' items in probe into poisoning of two Britons

The items found in UK's Novichok nerve agent poisoning probe have been sent for lab tests.

UK woman Dawn Sturgess dies after being exposed to Soviet-era nerve agent Novichok, say British authorities

A woman in southwest England died after being exposed to nerve agent Novichok in March

What is Novichok? Russian nerve agent that critically wounded former spy among deadliest weapons developed by man

One of the Novichok group of chemicals is so toxic that it's five to eight times more potent than the VX nerve agent, which was used in the poisoning of Kim Jong-un's half brother in North Korea.

UK nerve agent attack: Scores of Russian, US diplomats pack bags amid peaking post-Cold War tensions

Russian and US diplomats packed their bags a diplomatic crisis between Moscow and the West, with post-Cold War tensions peaking in the wake of a nerve agent attack on a former Russian spy in Britain

NATO expels seven Russian diplomats, joins two dozen nation in condemning Moscow over UK nerve agent attack

NATO joined two dozen governments around the world in expelling Russian diplomats in response to a nerve agent attack in Britain, marking what London called a "turning point" in the West's relations with Moscow

UK nerve agent attack: Australia joins 14 EU nations, to expel 2 Russian officials for 'actions inconsistent with their status'

The Australian government will expel two Russian officials over the use of nerve agent allegedly by Moscow against a former Russian spy in the UK

UK nerve agent attack: US, EU expel scores of Russian diplomats, Kremlin promises to respond to 'provocative gesture'

The United States said it would expel 60 Russian diplomats, joining governments across Europe punishing the Kremlin for a nerve agent attack on a former Russian spy in Britain that they have blamed on Moscow

Former spy Sergei Skripals's nerve-agent poisoning snowballs into international scuffle as US, France support UK against Russia

Sergei Skripal is a retired Russian double agent who was leading a seemingly peaceful life in Britain when he and his daughter were targeted in a nerve agent attack.