Alexei Navalny: What is Novichok, the deadly nerve agent?
4 years, 4 months ago

Alexei Navalny: What is Novichok, the deadly nerve agent?

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A powerful Russian nerve agent has been used on a Russian opposition leader, according to the German government. Novichok became famous in the Nineties, when a Soviet scientist called Vil Mirzayanov revealed that the country had secretly developed the powerful nerve gas, which was far more potent than anything in the US. Nerve agents were first developed by the Nazis during the Second World War, and have been called by one expert “possibly some of the most dangerous things that humans have ever made, after the atom bomb”. Prof Robert Stockman, professor of organic chemistry, University of Nottingham, said: “Fluoro phosphate-based nerve agents work quickly – so in terms of half-lives within the body, this will not be very long.

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Alexei Navalny death: What was India's stance after Putin critic was poisoned with nerve agent in 2020?
10 months, 4 weeks ago

Alexei Navalny death: What was India's stance after Putin critic was poisoned with nerve agent in 2020?

Live Mint  

India had reiterated its ‘clear and consistent’ stance on chemical weapons after the attack as officials took note of the developments. Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny passed away on Friday at a ‘special regime’ penal colony in Russia. {{^adFree}} {{/adFree}} India had reiterated its ‘clear and consistent’ stance on chemical weapons after the attack as officials took note of the …

Alexei Navalny death: When Putin’s critic was poisoned with ’Novichok’ in 2020
10 months, 4 weeks ago

Alexei Navalny death: When Putin’s critic was poisoned with ’Novichok’ in 2020

Live Mint  

Russian opposition leader and President Vladimir Putin's staunch critic Alexei Navalny died in one of Russia's toughest penal colonies on February 16, according to the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service. A vociferous opponent of Putin, Navalny had a close call in August 2020 when he was poisoned at the end of a trip to Siberia with a Novichok nerve agent. Narrow …

Alexei Navalny death: When Putin's critic was poisoned with 'Novichok' nerve agent in 2020
10 months, 4 weeks ago

Alexei Navalny death: When Putin's critic was poisoned with 'Novichok' nerve agent in 2020

Live Mint  

Russian opposition leader and President Vladimir Putin's staunch critic Alexei Navalny died in one of Russia's toughest penal colonies on February 16, according to the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service. A vociferous opponent of Putin, Navalny had a close call in August 2020 when he was poisoned at the end of a trip to Siberia with a Novichok nerve agent. Narrow …

Alexei Navalny dead: When Vladimir Putin's fierce critic was poisoned with nerve agent
10 months, 4 weeks ago

Alexei Navalny dead: When Vladimir Putin's fierce critic was poisoned with nerve agent

Hindustan Times  

Alexei Navalny, jailed Russian opposition leader and fierce critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, has died, the prison service where he had been serving his sentence said on Friday. Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny stands inside a glass cell during a court hearing at the Babushkinsky district court in Moscow on February 20, 2021. Navalny's team immediately suspected foul play, …

Man who gave the world Novichok invents Covid drug
3 years, 11 months ago

Man who gave the world Novichok invents Covid drug

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy With coronavirus caseloads soaring across …

Novichok nerve agent allegedly placed in underwear of poisoned Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny
4 years ago

Novichok nerve agent allegedly placed in underwear of poisoned Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny

ABC  

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has released a recording of a phone call he says he made to a Russian state security operative, claiming he tricked the agent into disclosing details of a botched plot to kill him by placing poison in his underpants. Key points: Mr Navalny says he posed as a Russian Security Council aide on the call …

Germany: OPCW confirms nerve agent used in Navalny poisoning
4 years, 3 months ago

Germany: OPCW confirms nerve agent used in Navalny poisoning

Associated Press  

BERLIN — The global chemical watchdog group has confirmed Germany and other countries’ findings that Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was the victim of an attack with a Soviet-era nerve agent, German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s spokesman said Tuesday. Steffen Seibert said in a statement that the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, or OPCW, had carried out its own …

Chemical Watchdog Group OPCW Confirms Nerve Agent Used In Russian Leader Navalny's Poisoning
4 years, 3 months ago

Chemical Watchdog Group OPCW Confirms Nerve Agent Used In Russian Leader Navalny's Poisoning

News 18  

The global chemical watchdog group has confirmed Germany and other countries’ findings that Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was the victim of an attack with a Soviet-era nerve agent, German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s spokesman said Tuesday. This once again confirms unequivocally that Alexei Navalny was the victim of an attack with a chemical nerve agent from the Novichok group, Seibert …

Russia’s Alexei Navalny accuses Putin of being behind poisoning
4 years, 3 months ago

Russia’s Alexei Navalny accuses Putin of being behind poisoning

LA Times  

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who is recovering in Germany after being poisoned in Russia by a nerve agent, accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of being behind the attack in comments released Thursday. Navalny, a politician and corruption investigator who is Putin’s fiercest critic, was flown to Germany two days after falling ill on Aug. 20 on a domestic flight …

Alexey Navalny released from German hospital after 32 days
4 years, 3 months ago

Alexey Navalny released from German hospital after 32 days

Al Jazeera  

The German hospital treating Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny for poisoning said on Wednesday that his condition has improved enough for him to be released, and suggested a “complete recovery” from the nerve agent was possible. Navalny, 44, spent 32 days in treatment in Berlin’s Charite hospital, 24 of which were in intensive care, before doctors deemed his “condition had …

Alexei Navalny's water bottle had traces of Novichok nerve agent, says Russian leader's team
4 years, 3 months ago

Alexei Navalny's water bottle had traces of Novichok nerve agent, says Russian leader's team

Firstpost  

Navalny’s associates said that a bottle of water with a trace of the Novichok nerve agent was found in his hotel room in Tomsk. Colleagues of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny said Thursday that a bottle of water with a trace of the Novichok nerve agent was found in his hotel room after his poisoning. “Two weeks later, a German …

Alexei Navalny’s team alleges nerve agent Novichok found in hotel water bottle
4 years, 3 months ago

Alexei Navalny’s team alleges nerve agent Novichok found in hotel water bottle

LA Times  

Colleagues of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny said Thursday that a water bottle with a trace of the Novichok nerve agent was found in his hotel room in the Siberian city of Tomsk after he fell ill on a flight from there to Moscow last month. Navalny’s Instagram post said they went to the room an hour after learning that …

Germany: Foreign Labs Confirm Alexei Navalny Poisoned with Nerve Agent Novichok
4 years, 4 months ago

Germany: Foreign Labs Confirm Alexei Navalny Poisoned with Nerve Agent Novichok

News 18  

Specialist labs in France and Sweden have confirmed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was poisoned with the Soviet-era nerve agent Novichok, the German government said Monday. German government spokesman Steffen Seibert also said that the Hague-based Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons is taking steps to have samples from Navalny tested at its reference laboratories. Russian authorities have prodded …

Alexei Navalny poisoning shows Russia will ‘carry on and get away with it’, Salisbury novichok victim says
4 years, 4 months ago

Alexei Navalny poisoning shows Russia will ‘carry on and get away with it’, Salisbury novichok victim says

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A man who survived novichok poisoning from the Salisbury attack …

Police Officer Poisoned by Novichok in UK Issues Cryptic Tweet on Alexey Navalny Case
4 years, 4 months ago

Police Officer Poisoned by Novichok in UK Issues Cryptic Tweet on Alexey Navalny Case

News 18  

The police officer poisoned with Novichok in the UK in March 2018 has sent a cryptic tweet about the Alexey Navalny case. Detective Sergeant Nick Bailey was hospitalized after coming into contact with the nerve agent after the attack on Russian ex-spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in Salisbury, in the south of England. The poisoning of Navalny, an …

AP Explains: Novichok that sickened Navalny a Cold War relic
4 years, 4 months ago

AP Explains: Novichok that sickened Navalny a Cold War relic

Associated Press  

MOSCOW — Novichok, a deadly nerve agent that has left Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny in a coma and nearly killed a former Russian spy and his daughter in 2018, was the product of a highly secretive Soviet chemical weapons program. German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday called Navalny’s poisoning an attempted murder that aimed to silence one of Putin’s …

What is Novichok, the poison Germany says was used on Alexei Navalny?
4 years, 4 months ago

What is Novichok, the poison Germany says was used on Alexei Navalny?

The Hindu  

Novichok, the nerve agent that Germany says was used to poison Alexei Navalny, a critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin who is in a coma in a Berlin hospital, was developed in the Soviet Union in the 1970s and 1980s. - Novichok was made with agrochemicals so that its production could more readily be hidden within a legitimate commercial industry, …

Navalny poisoning: Police officer given Novichok in Salisbury issues cryptic tweet
4 years, 4 months ago

Navalny poisoning: Police officer given Novichok in Salisbury issues cryptic tweet

CNN  

London CNN — The police officer poisoned with Novichok in the UK in March 2018 has sent a cryptic tweet about the Alexey Navalny case. Detective Sergeant Nick Bailey was hospitalized after coming into contact with the nerve agent after the attack on Russian ex-spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in Salisbury, in the south of England. But I …

German Government says Vladimir Putin opponent Alexei Navalny 'without doubt' poisoned by Novichok nerve agent
4 years, 4 months ago

German Government says Vladimir Putin opponent Alexei Navalny 'without doubt' poisoned by Novichok nerve agent

ABC  

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was "without doubt" poisoned by Novichok nerve agent, the German Government says. Key points: Vladimir Putin critic Alexei Navalny fell seriously ill on August 20 during a flight from Siberia to Moscow Russian doctors initially said there was no evidence of poisoning, but German tests say he was poisoned Mr Navalny remains in an induced …

What Is Novichok, The Poison Germany Says Was Used On Kremlin Critic Alexei Navalny?
4 years, 4 months ago

What Is Novichok, The Poison Germany Says Was Used On Kremlin Critic Alexei Navalny?

News 18  

Novichok, the nerve agent that Germany says was used to poison Alexei Navalny, a critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin who is in a coma in a Berlin hospital, was developed in the Soviet Union in the 1970s and 1980s. – Novichok was made with agrochemicals so that its production could more readily be hidden within a legitimate commercial industry, …

Russian Opposition leader Alexei Navalny poisoned by nerve agent Novichok: Germany
4 years, 4 months ago

Russian Opposition leader Alexei Navalny poisoned by nerve agent Novichok: Germany

The Hindu  

Tests carried out on Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny showed that he was poisoned by a Novichok chemical nerve agent, the German government said on September 2, demanding explanations from Moscow. “It is a shocking event that Alexei Navalny has become the victim of an attack with a chemical nerve agent in Russia,” said government spokesman Steffen Seibert in a …

Germany Says Russian Opposition Leader Alexei Navalny was Poisoned with Soviet-era Nerve Agent
4 years, 4 months ago

Germany Says Russian Opposition Leader Alexei Navalny was Poisoned with Soviet-era Nerve Agent

News 18  

German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday said Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was the victim of an attempted murder by poisoning and the aim was to silence him. Navalny was poisoned with the same type of Soviet-era nerve agent that British authorities identified in a 2018 attack on a former Russian spy, the German government said Wednesday, citing new test …

Alexei Navalny Was Poisoned With Novichok Nerve Agent 'To Silence Him,' Merkel Says
4 years, 4 months ago

Alexei Navalny Was Poisoned With Novichok Nerve Agent 'To Silence Him,' Merkel Says

NPR  

Alexei Navalny Was Poisoned With Novichok Nerve Agent 'To Silence Him,' Merkel Says Enlarge this image toggle caption Christoph Soeder/dpa/picture alliance via Getty Images Christoph Soeder/dpa/picture alliance via Getty Images Updated at 2 p.m. ET Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny was poisoned with a variant of Novichok, a Soviet-era nerve agent, according to tests carried out by a German military …

What is the nerve agent Novichok?
4 years, 4 months ago

What is the nerve agent Novichok?

Al Jazeera  

A neurotoxicologist says much of what is known about Novichok is conjecture. It is his delayed clinical symptoms which have been the basis for understanding about what can happen when death isn‘t immediate.” Here is the nerve agent explained: – The name Novichok means “newcomer”. – In November 2019, members of the OPCW agreed to expand its list of banned …

Alexei Navalny was poisoned 'using Novichok' nerve agent, says German government
4 years, 4 months ago

Alexei Navalny was poisoned 'using Novichok' nerve agent, says German government

The Telegraph  

Alexei Navalny, the Russian opposition leader and prominent Kremlin critic, was deliberately poisoned with Novichok, the German government said on Wednesday. Angela Merkel’s government said it had “unequivocal proof” Mr Navalny was targeted with the same nerve agent used in the attempted assassination of Sergei Skripal in Salisbury in 2018. “There are now serious questions that only the Russian government …

Novichok nerve agent used against Russian dissident has dark history
4 years, 4 months ago

Novichok nerve agent used against Russian dissident has dark history

LA Times  

The Russian name, in translation, sounds innocuous, even jaunty: “newcomer,” “novice” or “new boy.” But the Soviet-developed family of advanced nerve agents collectively known as Novichok is among the deadliest substances ever created by humankind. The German government on Wednesday announced “unequivocal” proof that hospitalized Russian anti-corruption crusader Alexei Navalny, who fell gravely ill Aug. 20 while aboard a domestic …

Soviet-era nerve agent Novichok found in Alexei Navalny’s system, Germany says
4 years, 4 months ago

Soviet-era nerve agent Novichok found in Alexei Navalny’s system, Germany says

LA Times  

The German government says tests performed on samples taken from Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny showed the presence of the Soviet-era nerve agent Novichok. Chancellor Angela Merkel’s spokesman, Steffen Seibert, said in a statement Wednesday that testing by a special German military laboratory had shown “proof without doubt of a chemical nerve agent from the Novichok group.” Novichok, a Soviet-era …

Nerve agent Novichok found in Russia’s Alexey Navalny: Germany
4 years, 4 months ago

Nerve agent Novichok found in Russia’s Alexey Navalny: Germany

Al Jazeera  

Novichok, a Soviet-era chemical weapon, was used to poison former Russian spy Sergei Skripal in the United Kingdom. Tests performed on samples taken from prominent Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny showed the presence of the Soviet-era nerve agent Novichok, the German government said. Chancellor Angela Merkel’s spokesman, Steffen Seibert, said in a statement on Wednesday testing by a special German …

Alexey Navalny: Novichok nerve agent used in poisoning, says German government
4 years, 4 months ago

Alexey Navalny: Novichok nerve agent used in poisoning, says German government

CNN  

CNN — Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny was poisoned with a chemical nerve agent from the Novichok group, the German government said Wednesday, urging the Kremlin to explain itself. German government spokesman Steffen Seibert said toxicological tests on samples taken from Navalny had been carried out at a German military laboratory, providing“unequivocal evidence of a chemical nerve agent” from the …

Deadly nerve agents such as novichok could be rendered harmless by a single jab
4 years, 11 months ago

Deadly nerve agents such as novichok could be rendered harmless by a single jab

Daily Mail  

What are nerve agents? Nerve agents are a group of human-made substances that target a certain part of the body’s nervous system. Chemical weapons that use nerve agents like tabun, sarin and VX are known to kill people with gruesome efficiency. A nerve agent attack causes a disconnect between the brain and organs, causing your lungs to begin shutting down …

Novichok attack: Russians charged over UK nerve agent poisoning
6 years, 4 months ago

Novichok attack: Russians charged over UK nerve agent poisoning

CNN  

London CNN — A counterfeit perfume bottle, a basic east London hotel and two burly Russians likely traveling under aliases: just some of the unprecedented details revealed by British authorities Wednesday of how they believe the Novichok poisonings in Salisbury were carried out. The revelations came as British prosecutors said they had “sufficient evidence” to charge two Russian nationals in …

Novichok victim Charlie Rowley accidentally picked up nerve agent in 'cosmetic bottle' as present for Dawn Sturgess
6 years, 5 months ago

Novichok victim Charlie Rowley accidentally picked up nerve agent in 'cosmetic bottle' as present for Dawn Sturgess

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A man who survived being …

UK nerve agent inquiry: Police finds over 400 'potentially contaminated' items in probe into poisoning of two Britons
6 years, 6 months ago

UK nerve agent inquiry: Police finds over 400 'potentially contaminated' items in probe into poisoning of two Britons

Firstpost  

London: The British police on Saturday said that search teams have found over 400 items as part of the investigation into the poisoning of two Britons by the nerve agent Novichok, but searches will likely take many more weeks as officers seek further evidence. The bottle was found at Rowley’s home in Amesbury, a southwestern town not far from Salisbury, …

Novichok poisoning case: UK police find 'small bottle' containing Soviet-made nerve agent at victim's house in Amnesbury
6 years, 6 months ago

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

Firstpost  

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. London: 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 …

U.K. police confirm source of Novichok poisoning
6 years, 6 months ago

U.K. police confirm source of Novichok poisoning

LA Times  

British police said they have found a small bottle containing the nerve agent Novichok in the home of one of two people who fell ill from the substance. British detectives investigating the poisoning of two people by the nerve agent Novichok in southwestern England said Friday that a small bottle found in the home of one of the victims tested …

Police find source of Novichok nerve agent that killed British woman
6 years, 6 months ago

Police find source of Novichok nerve agent that killed British woman

CNN  

CNN — A small bottle discovered in the home of Novichok victim Charlie Rowley has been identified as the source of the nerve agent that killed his partner, London’s Metropolitan Police said. It is not clear where Rowley found the bottle, or whether it is the same batch of nerve agent that poisoned Russian citizens Sergei and Yulia Skripal. “Charlie …

Chart of the day: Just how deadly is the Novichok nerve agent?
6 years, 6 months ago

Chart of the day: Just how deadly is the Novichok nerve agent?

ABC  

Novichok, the series of nerve agents that struck down former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in March, has resurfaced after new revelations that two British citizens were poisoned and are critically ill. The Russian scientists who developed the Novichok agents claim they are the deadliest nerve agents ever made. While not enough data has been collected to …

The Deadly Novichok Nerve Agent: What Is It?
6 years, 6 months ago

The Deadly Novichok Nerve Agent: What Is It?

NPR  

The Deadly Novichok Nerve Agent: What Is It? NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks to environmental toxicology professor Alastair Hay about the nerve agent that poisoned two people, four months after it poisoned a former Russian spy and his daughter. Novichok, of course, first made headlines back in March when former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter were found unconscious …

Novichok: How to treat poisoning by Soviet-era nerve gas
6 years, 6 months ago

Novichok: How to treat poisoning by Soviet-era nerve gas

CNN  

Story highlights Novichok is a "weaponized organophosphate," a category of pesticides Symptoms include blurred vision, sweating, nausea, respiratory arrest, loss of memory and consciousness CNN — What should a medical professional do when faced with a patient poisoned by a nerve agent? The weaponized nerve agents commonly called Novichok, VX and sarin “mostly possess the same chemical structure backbone of …

Salisbury: Victims exposed to nerve agent Novichok
6 years, 6 months ago

Salisbury: Victims exposed to nerve agent Novichok

CNN  

London CNN — Two people found unconscious in southern England on Saturday were exposed to the same nerve agent used to attack an ex-Russian spy in March, London Metropolitan Police said Wednesday. The possibility that these two investigations might be linked is clearly a line of inquiry for us.” What we know about the victims Paramedics were called to an …

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