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Two Britons fell ill in June after being exposed to Novichok in the same region of southwest England, but police have not been able to establish whether the toxin was from the same batch used against the Skripals. (Photo: AP)

British police identify suspects in Novichok attack on ex-Russian spy:...

Ex-Russian spy Sergei Skripal, his daughter Yulia collapsed in Salisbury on March 4 after being exposed to nerve agent...

19 July 2018 2:05 PM IST

Novichok is a military-grade nerve agent developed by the Soviet Union during the Cold War. (Photo: AFP)

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British police probes new Novichok nerve agent poisoning

A couple was taken ill close to Salisbury, where former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia were...

5 July 2018 5:25 PM IST

$Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny on his instagram account, shows himself, centre, and his wife Yulia, right, daughter Daria, and son Zakhar, top left, posing for a photo in a hospital in Berlin, Germany. Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has posted the picture of himself in a hospital in Germany and says hes breathing on his own. He posted on Instagram Tuesday Sept. 15, 2020: \Hi, this is Navalny. I have been missing you. I still cant do much, but yesterday I managed to breathe on my own for the entire day.\ (Navalny instagram via AP)$ World

'Poisoned' Putin critic Navalny shares hospital photo of himself

Navalny's spokeswoman said that once he has recovered, the Putin critic plans to return to Russia

16 Sept 2020 9:38 AM IST

Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny. The German government says specialist labs in France and Sweden have confirmed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was poisoned with the Soviet-era nerve agent Novichok. (AP File)

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

The poisoning has brought tensions between Russia and Germany to new heights, fuelling calls for the Nord Stream 2...

14 Sept 2020 3:18 PM IST

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny (centre). (AP File)

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Russian police seek to question Navalny in Germany

Navalny's posioning case has prompted international calls for Russia to carry out a transparent investigation or risk...

11 Sept 2020 2:17 PM IST

Russian opposition activist Lyubov Sobol, center left, opposition candidate Ilya Yashin, center right, candidate Ivan Zhdanov, right, and opposition candidate Alexei Minyalo walk during a protest in Moscow, Russia. They work with the organization of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who is in a coma in a Berlin hospital after suffering what German authorities say was a poisoning with a chemical nerve agent while traveling in Siberia on Aug. 20. (AP)

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German foreign minister threatens sanctions over Navalny poisoning

The Kremlin has denied responsibility for the attack and said that Germany is yet to share any findings with Moscow's...

6 Sept 2020 11:52 AM IST

$A man holds a poster with a portrait of Alexei Navalny reading \Navalny was poisoned, we know who is to blame, Alexei you must live\ during an unsanctioned protest in Russia. Russian authorities have appeared reluctant to investigate what caused Navalnys condition, saying there had so far been no grounds for a criminal investigation. (AP)$ World