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#novichok

# novichok - Friday 25 February, 2022

Novichok poisoning public inquiry delayed amid heightened Russian tensions
# Dawn Sturgess
# Dawn Sturgess

Novichok poisoning public inquiry delayed amid heightened Russian tensions

Feb 25th 2022, 1:14 PM 9,265 Views 0 Comments

Dawn Sturgess died in 2018 after being inadvertently exposed to the nerve agent on a discarded perfume bottle.

# novichok - Thursday 15 October, 2020

EU imposes sanctions on Russian officials over poisoning of opposition leader
# Alexei Navalny
# Alexei Navalny

EU imposes sanctions on Russian officials over poisoning of opposition leader

Oct 15th 2020, 1:50 PM 10,168 Views 11 Comments

The decision was agreed upon among the 27 EU envoys to Brussels.

# novichok - Tuesday 6 October, 2020

Chemical watchdog confirms Navalny poisoned with Soviet-era nerve agent
# Alexei Navalny
# Alexei Navalny

Chemical watchdog confirms Navalny poisoned with Soviet-era nerve agent

Oct 6th 2020, 4:41 PM 10,719 Views 8 Comments

The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons carried out its own analysis of samples taken from the Russian opposition figure.

# novichok - Thursday 3 September, 2020

Ireland joins condemnation of Navalny poisoning but EU says it's too early to discuss 'punishment'
# Novichok
# Novichok

Ireland joins condemnation of Navalny poisoning but EU says it's too early to discuss 'punishment'

Updated Sep 3rd 2020, 3:08 PM 26,718 Views 49 Comments

Alexei Navalny last month became the latest in a long line of Russian defectors to be poisoned in suspicious circumstances.

# novichok - Thursday 15 August, 2019

Traces of nerve agent Novichok found in second Salisbury police officer's blood
# Salisbury
# Salisbury

Traces of nerve agent Novichok found in second Salisbury police officer's blood

Aug 15th 2019, 3:34 PM 14,292 Views 5 Comments

The attempted assassination the Skripals was done using Novichok in March 2018.

# novichok - Friday 1 March, 2019

Home of Sergei Skripal declared safe one year after novichok poisoning
# Salisbury
# Salisbury

Home of Sergei Skripal declared safe one year after novichok poisoning

Mar 1st 2019, 1:25 PM 7,398 Views 50 Comments

The final site of decontamination in Salisbury, the Skripal home, is safe following extensive cleaning.

# novichok - Saturday 16 February, 2019

Parents of Novichok victim query why UK settled ex-spy Sergei Skripal in Salisbury
# Dawn Sturgess
# Dawn Sturgess

Parents of Novichok victim query why UK settled ex-spy Sergei Skripal in Salisbury

Feb 16th 2019, 11:58 AM 15,165 Views 39 Comments

Dawn Sturgess died after coming into contact with a nerve agent allegedly used in last year’s poisoning of Skripal and his daughter.

# novichok - Thursday 22 November, 2018

Police release CCTV of Russian men involved in fatal nerve agent attack
# Salisbury
# Salisbury

Police release CCTV of Russian men involved in fatal nerve agent attack

Nov 22nd 2018, 9:58 PM 13,108 Views 0 Comments

Sergei Skripal and his daughter were found poisoned in the English city of Salisbury in early March.

# novichok - Wednesday 3 October, 2018

Putin labels poisoned former spy Sergei Skripal a 'traitor' and a 'scumbag'
# Et Tu Sergei
# Et Tu Sergei

Putin labels poisoned former spy Sergei Skripal a 'traitor' and a 'scumbag'

Oct 3rd 2018, 6:20 PM 13,329 Views 54 Comments

The Russian President was visibly angry when he was speaking about Skripal today in Moscow.

# novichok - Wednesday 26 September, 2018

Suspect in British Novichok poisoning is actually a Russian colonel and former spy
# Ruslan Boshirov/anatoly Chepiga
# Ruslan Boshirov/anatoly Chepiga

Suspect in British Novichok poisoning is actually a Russian colonel and former spy

Sep 26th 2018, 10:50 PM 30,868 Views 102 Comments

British investigative team Bellingcat claims to have discovered that ‘Ruslan Boshirov’ is in fact FRU colonel Anatoly Chepiga.

# novichok - Thursday 13 September, 2018

Russian suspects in Salisbury poisoning say they were in UK as tourists
# Novichok
# Novichok

Russian suspects in Salisbury poisoning say they were in UK as tourists

Sep 13th 2018, 2:03 PM 14,214 Views 76 Comments

The two men accused denied having anything to do with the murder attempt in an interview with Russian media.

# novichok - Wednesday 12 September, 2018

Putin says the two men named as suspects in Salisbury poisoning are 'civilians, not criminals'
# Novichok
# Novichok

Putin says the two men named as suspects in Salisbury poisoning are 'civilians, not criminals'

Sep 12th 2018, 8:41 AM 16,525 Views 79 Comments

Putin said the two men do not work for the military and called on them to come forward.

# novichok - Friday 7 September, 2018

Russians accused of carrying out Salisbury attack reportedly posed as businessmen to obtain visas
# UK
# UK

Russians accused of carrying out Salisbury attack reportedly posed as businessmen to obtain visas

Sep 7th 2018, 5:09 PM 15,208 Views 54 Comments

British authorities have issued arrest warrants for two suspected members of Russian military intelligence.

Russia denies Putin ordered Novichok poisoning as UK points finger at Kremlin
# Salisbury
# Salisbury

Russia denies Putin ordered Novichok poisoning as UK points finger at Kremlin

Sep 7th 2018, 8:08 AM 11,005 Views 64 Comments

British Security Minister Ben Wallace said the attack in Salisbury was “more Johnny English than James Bond”.

# novichok - Wednesday 5 September, 2018

Police release images of Russian men and fake perfume bottle involved in fatal nerve agent attack
# Novichok
# Novichok

Police release images of Russian men and fake perfume bottle involved in fatal nerve agent attack

Updated Sep 5th 2018, 1:25 PM 31,298 Views 0 Comments

Sergei Skripal and his daughter were found poisoned in the English city of Salisbury in early March.

# novichok - Wednesday 8 August, 2018

US hits Russia with sanctions over nerve agent attack in England
# Novichok
# Novichok

US hits Russia with sanctions over nerve agent attack in England

Aug 8th 2018, 8:46 PM 14,948 Views 118 Comments

A former Russian spy and his daughter were exposed to Novichok in March.

# novichok - Tuesday 7 August, 2018

Britain asks world's chemical warfare watchdog to extend Novichok probe
# Chemical Warfare
# Chemical Warfare

Britain asks world's chemical warfare watchdog to extend Novichok probe

Aug 7th 2018, 2:19 PM 6,886 Views 47 Comments

Dawn Sturgess died after she handled what she thought was a bottle of perfume, given to her by her partner Charlie Rowley.

# novichok - Sunday 29 July, 2018

Precautions in place to protect mourners at funeral of nerve agent victim
# Dawn Sturgess
# Dawn Sturgess

Precautions in place to protect mourners at funeral of nerve agent victim

Jul 29th 2018, 6:19 PM 19,753 Views 33 Comments

Dawn Sturgess was exposed to Novichok in England.

# novichok - Thursday 19 July, 2018

'Wild speculation': Minister denies suspects behind attack on former spy have been identified
# Novichok
# Novichok

'Wild speculation': Minister denies suspects behind attack on former spy have been identified

Updated Jul 19th 2018, 4:27 PM 23,607 Views 80 Comments

The suspects are believed to be Russian.

# novichok - Saturday 14 July, 2018

'Painstaking and vital work' - Police investigating link between Novichok death and Skripal poisoning
# Novichok
# Novichok

'Painstaking and vital work' - Police investigating link between Novichok death and Skripal poisoning

Jul 14th 2018, 4:19 PM 9,538 Views 16 Comments

They say that 400 items in total have been collected.

# novichok - Friday 13 July, 2018

Nerve agent Novichok that killed UK woman traced to bottle in her house
# Amesbury
# Amesbury

Nerve agent Novichok that killed UK woman traced to bottle in her house

Jul 13th 2018, 6:13 PM 2,317 Views 0 Comments

44-year-old Dawn Sturgess died last Sunday after being hospitalised following contact with the lethal nerve agent Novichok.

# novichok - Wednesday 11 July, 2018

Man exposed to Novichok nerve agent in UK is no longer critical, hospital says
# Charlie Rowley
# Charlie Rowley

Man exposed to Novichok nerve agent in UK is no longer critical, hospital says

Jul 11th 2018, 1:51 PM 5,476 Views 36 Comments

Charlie Rowley and Dawn Sturgess, who has since died, fell ill last weekend in Amesbury, near the town of Salisbury.

# novichok - Tuesday 10 July, 2018

British man left critically ill after being exposed to Soviet-era nerve agent regains consciousness
# Novichok
# Novichok

British man left critically ill after being exposed to Soviet-era nerve agent regains consciousness

Jul 10th 2018, 9:50 PM 9,464 Views 23 Comments

The man’s partner Dawn Sturgess, 44, died on Sunday.

# novichok - Monday 9 July, 2018

Novichok poisoning: Police search for container they believe couple 'must have handled'
# Salisbury
# Salisbury

Novichok poisoning: Police search for container they believe couple 'must have handled'

Updated Jul 9th 2018, 2:13 PM 27,267 Views 142 Comments

Dawn Sturgess and a man named locally as Charlie Rowley (45) fell ill last weekend in Amesbury, near the town of Salisbury.

# novichok - Thursday 5 July, 2018

Public in Salisbury warned not to pick up unknown objects after couple exposed to nerve agent
# Novichok
# Novichok

Public in Salisbury warned not to pick up unknown objects after couple exposed to nerve agent

Updated Jul 5th 2018, 1:10 PM 26,209 Views 75 Comments

Police are investigating if the latest nerve agent poisoning is linked to the last Salisbury incident.

# novichok - Wednesday 11 April, 2018

Daughter of ex-Russian spy poisoned by nerve agent refuses consular assistance from Russian embassy
# Nerve Agent
# Nerve Agent

Daughter of ex-Russian spy poisoned by nerve agent refuses consular assistance from Russian embassy

Apr 11th 2018, 9:27 PM 16,132 Views 73 Comments

Skripal was discharged from hospital on Monday, more than a month after the 4 March nerve agent attack.

# novichok - Tuesday 3 April, 2018

UK scientists unable to prove nerve agent was Russian-made
# Novichok
# Novichok

UK scientists unable to prove nerve agent was Russian-made

Apr 3rd 2018, 5:22 PM 20,964 Views 96 Comments

Analysts had identified it as military-grade Novichok, but they had not proved it was made in Russia.

# novichok - Tuesday 13 March, 2018

Explainer: What we know about Russia's Novichok nerve agents
# Poison
# Poison

Explainer: What we know about Russia's Novichok nerve agents

Mar 13th 2018, 7:00 PM 13,546 Views 59 Comments

The agent is an ultra-fine powder, made up of several components that would have been mixed safely by the assassin.

Moscow calls Britain's spy attack accusations a 'dirty attempt to discredit Russia'
# Nerve Agent
# Nerve Agent

Moscow calls Britain's spy attack accusations a 'dirty attempt to discredit Russia'

Mar 13th 2018, 2:40 PM 19,017 Views 113 Comments

The nerve agent Novichok is believed to have been used.

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