Novichok

Foreign labs confirm Alexei Navalny poisoned with Soviet-era nerve agent Novichok, says German government

The Kremlin has bristled at calls from Chancellor Angela Merkel and other world leaders for Russia to answer questions in the case and accused the West of trying to smear Moscow.

Germany says Russian dissident leader Alexei Navalny poisoned with Soviet-era nerve agent

Germany said that testing by a military laboratory showed “proof without doubt of a chemical nerve agent from the Novichok group" used in a 2018 attack on former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter in England

UK investigative group identifies Sergei Skripal poisoning suspect as GRU colonel Anatoliy Chepiga

The ivestigative group, Bellingcat, said the suspect whose passport name was Ruslan Boshirov, is in fact Colonel Anatoliy Chepiga, who was awarded Russia's highest medal, the Hero of Russia in 2014.

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.

Britain charges two Russians for State-backed nerve agent attack on ex-spy Sergei Skripal, his daughter Yulia

Skripal, himself a former GRU officer who betrayed dozens of agents to Britain’s MI6 foreign spy service, was found unconscious with Yulia on a public bench in the southern English city of Salisbury on 4 March

Novichok poisoning case: US slaps sanctions on Russia over 'lethal' nerve agent attack in Britain

US will be slapping new sanctions on Russia over the "lethal" Novichok nerve agent attack in Britain

UK Novichok attacks: Vladimir Putin calls Britain's allegations about Russia's role 'baseless', asks for documentary evidence

President Vladimir Putin has accused Britain of making baseless allegations against Russia in the Novichok attacks, after a former Soviet spy was among four people found poisoned by a nerve agent in southern England.

Novichok poisoning case: Soviet-made nerve agent was in perfume bottle, claims Amerbury victim's brother

Former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia collapsed in Salisbury on 4 March after being exposed to Novichok.

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.

Novichok poisoning case: UK police find 'small bottle' containing Soviet-made nerve agent at victim's house in Amnesbury

British police said on Friday they have found a "small bottle" containing the Soviet-made nerve agent Novichok in the home of one of two Britons who fell ill from the substance last month.