Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny says he can now breathe unaided a month after he was allegedly poisoned with the nerve agent Novichok. ‘Hello, this is Navalny,’ he said in a post on Instagram, appearing with his family in the Berlin hospital where he was flown for treatment after falling ill. ‘Yesterday I was able … Read more
The German government has said specialist laboratories in France and Sweden have confirmed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was poisoned with the Soviet-era nerve agent Novichok. A German military laboratory previously confirmed the substance was present in his samples. German government spokesman Steffen Seibert said the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons has also … Read more
The West is demanding answers from Moscow today after the ‘despicable and cowardly’ nerve agent attack on Russian dissident Alexei Navalny. Britain said the Kremlin ‘has a clear case to answer’ while NATO demanded a ‘full and transparent’ investigation after a German military lab found that Navalny was poisoned with Novichok, the Soviet-era weapon used … Read more
Russian agents may have deliberately discarded a bottle of the deadly nerve agent novichok, used in the assassination attempt of former spy Sergei Skripal, in Salisbury in a bid to undermine UK security, the High Court today heard. The claim was made during a legal challenge by the family of Dawn Sturgess, 44, who died … Read more
The police officer who was poisoned by novichok has hit back at ‘negativity’ aimed at his wife on social media over her handling of the attack as portrayed in the second latest episode of the BBC drama ‘The Salisbury Poisonings’. Detective Sergeant Nick Bailey publicly defended his wife Sarah after her portrayal in the latest episode … Read more
‘He never puts the milk in first’: Novichok police officer Nick Bailey’s wife mocks BBC hit ‘The Salisbury Poisonings’ after it showed him making cup of tea ‘the wrong way round’ Sarah Bailey took to Twitter to tell viewers her husband never puts milk in first During the scene, viewers watch actor Rafe Spall make … Read more
Former Russian double-agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter have started a new life in a secret overseas location, according to reports today. Sergei Skripal, 68, and his daughter Yulia, 36, are thought to have fled from Britain more than two years after they were targeted in a chemical poisoning in their Salisbury, Wiltshire, home. It … Read more