Novichok

Navalny poisoning: UK, US impose sanctions on Russian intelligence agents

Britain and the United States imposed sanctions on Friday (August 20) on men they said were Russian intelligence operatives.

Aug 20, 2021, 23:51 PM IST

Alexei Navalny team says nerve agent Novichok was found on water bottle in hotel room

The nerve agent used to poison Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was detected on an empty water bottle from his hotel room in the Siberian city of Tomsk, suggesting he was poisoned there and not at the airport as first thought, his team said on Thursday.

Sep 17, 2020, 14:43 PM IST

Germany says French, Swedish labs confirm Alexei Navalny's Novichok poisoning

French President Emmanuel Macron`s office said in a statement after holding a telephone call with President Vladimir Putin that Moscow had to explain itself now.

Sep 14, 2020, 22:07 PM IST

DNA: Alexei Navalny given dangerous poison 'Novichok' by Russia

Germany has said that Novichok, the nerve agent was used to poison Alexei Navalny, a critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin who is in a coma in a Berlin hospital. The nerve agent was developed in the Soviet Union in the 1970s and 1980s.

Sep 04, 2020, 00:14 AM IST