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Explained: Novichok nerve agent attacks

What are the chemical weapons at the centre of another attack blamed on the Kremlin, in the alleged poisoning of Alexei Navalny?

02/09/2020

Germany

Navalny: Merkel slams 'crime' as Germany confirms Novichok poisoning

The German Chancellor calls on Russia to 'explain itself' after the Berlin government confirms Alexei Navalny was poisoned using chemical nerve agent Novichok.

02/09/2020

United Kingdom

"Everyone" would be dead if Russia led Novichok attack, victim told

"I didn't really get any answers. I just got Russian propaganda," the man whose partner died of Novichok said.

07/04/2019

United Kingdom

Skripal poisoning: UK, Russia mark anniversary of Novichok attack

"Today is an important milestone for Salisbury as it emerges from the shadow cast by the use of chemical weapons on the steets of our country," May said.

04/03/2019

Russia

New Russian board game mocks Salisbury Novichok nerve agent attack

The game's designer said he created "Our guys in Salisbury" because he was fed up with exhaustive Western media coverage blaming Russia for the attack.

25/01/2019

Russia

Russia's Lavrov slams Brexit Britain for using EU to hurt Russia

In an exclusive interview with Euronews, Russia’s Foreign Minister has hit out at the UK for using the EU to facilitate sanctions against Russia in the wake of the Novichok scandal.

16/10/2018

United Kingdom

Salisbury church concert strikes wrong note

A classical music concert featuring the work of famous Russian composers wouldn’t normally cause controversy ..... except when it’s in the English city of Salisbury and is titled 'From Russia With Love’

14/10/2018

World

Salisbury poisoning suspect was 'awarded top military honour by Putin'

Investigative webste Bellingcat has claimed that the second suspect in the Salisbury poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal is a Russian doctor who received a top military honour from President Vladimir Putin

10/10/2018

World

Second Skripal poisoning suspect was decorated as a hero by Putin in 2014: Bellingcat

Alexander Mishkin, the second man accused of poisoning Sergei and Yulia Skripal in Salisbury, was decorated as a hero by Putin in 2014, said investigative group Bellingcat.

09/10/2018

Netherlands

US government charges seven Russian intelligence officers with hacking

US government charges seven Russian intelligence officers with hacking reports AP.

04/10/2018

World

UK Foreign Secretary calls out Russian cyberattacks in pointed statement

"We will expose the Russian intelligence service" - the message from British foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt as Britain takes aim at Russia. The UK foreign office is blaming Russian intelligence services for six cyber-attacks in an aggressive statement that directly implicates Vladimir Putin.

04/10/2018

World

Man charged in novichok poisoning named as Colonel Anatoliy Chepiga

One of the suspects in the poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal in Salisbury has been named as a highly-decorated officer in Russia’s military special forces by investigative website Bellingcat. The man previously named as Ruslan Boshirov is said to be in fact Colonel Anatoliy Chepiga.

27/09/2018

World News

Europe Briefing: 6 stories to know about today

Euronews brings you the latest news and updates as they happen this morning.

17/09/2018

United Kingdom

UK: 'no evidence' Novichok behind weekend Salisbury illnesses

Wiltshire police have scaled down investigations after two people fell ill at a restaurant at Salisbury in England on Sunday, saying there is 'nothing to suggest' Novichok caused it.

16/09/2018

United Kingdom

Does what the Skripal suspects said add up?

We assess four key claims made by the Russian men charged with poisoning Sergei and Yulia Skripal about their time in southern England.

14/09/2018

United Kingdom

'We were in Salisbury for its cathedral', say Novichok attack suspects

UK government says interview contains 'blatant fabrications' and is 'offensive'.

13/09/2018

Russia

What is Russia's secretive GRU intelligence agency?

The UK government has claimed two GRU officers carried out the Salisbury Novichok attack — different from the KGB, what do we know about Russia's most secretive intelligence agency?

07/09/2018

United Kingdom

Britain vs Russia on Novichok attacks: who do you believe?

Russia says there are inconsistencies in the UK’s claim that Moscow was behind Novichok poisonings on English soil. Who's right?

07/09/2018

World

Two Russians charged in Skripal Novichok poison case

Two Russian nationals have been named and charged in the attempted murder of Yulia and Sergei Skripal, who were poisoned by the nerve agent Novichok in Salisbury earlier this year. British PM Theresa May says the men's actions were not 'a rogue operation.'

06/09/2018

United Kingdom

Chemical weapons watchdog confirms Novichok use in Amesbury poisoning

The OPCW’s findings came as the Russian Embassy in London accused the UK of refusing it access to the Skripals.

05/09/2018