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# salisbury

Traces of nerve agent Novichok found in second Salisbury police officer's blood

The attempted assassination the Skripals was done using Novichok in March 2018.

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Aug 15th 2019, 3:34 PM

# salisbury

Home of Sergei Skripal declared safe one year after novichok poisoning

The final site of decontamination in Salisbury, the Skripal home, is safe following extensive cleaning.

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Mar 1st 2019, 1:25 PM

# salisbury

Police release CCTV of Russian men involved in fatal nerve agent attack

Sergei Skripal and his daughter were found poisoned in the English city of Salisbury in early March.

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Nov 22nd 2018, 9:58 PM

# salisbury

Second Skripal poisoning suspect named as 'Russian GRU doctor'

The Kremlin has rejected past charges about its involvement in the case.

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Oct 9th 2018, 6:53 AM

# et tu sergei

Putin labels poisoned former spy Sergei Skripal a 'traitor' and a 'scumbag'

The Russian President was visibly angry when he was speaking about Skripal today in Moscow.

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Oct 3rd 2018, 6:20 PM

# ruslan boshirov/anatoly chepiga

Suspect in British Novichok poisoning is actually a Russian colonel and former spy

British investigative team Bellingcat claims to have discovered that ‘Ruslan Boshirov’ is in fact FRU colonel Anatoly Chepiga.

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Sep 26th 2018, 10:50 PM

# Panic

Novichok ruled out after couple fall ill in UK town hit by poisoning

Police said the couple, a man in his 40s and a woman in her 30s, were assessed in hospital where they remained under observation.

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Sep 17th 2018, 9:12 AM

# novichok

Russian suspects in Salisbury poisoning say they were in UK as tourists

The two men accused denied having anything to do with the murder attempt in an interview with Russian media.

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Sep 13th 2018, 2:03 PM

# novichok

Putin says the two men named as suspects in Salisbury poisoning are 'civilians, not criminals'

Putin said the two men do not work for the military and called on them to come forward.

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Sep 12th 2018, 8:41 AM

# UK

Russians accused of carrying out Salisbury attack reportedly posed as businessmen to obtain visas

British authorities have issued arrest warrants for two suspected members of Russian military intelligence.

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Sep 7th 2018, 5:09 PM

# salisbury

Russia denies Putin ordered Novichok poisoning as UK points finger at Kremlin

British Security Minister Ben Wallace said the attack in Salisbury was “more Johnny English than James Bond”.

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Sep 7th 2018, 8:08 AM

# novichok

Police release images of Russian men and fake perfume bottle involved in fatal nerve agent attack

Sergei Skripal and his daughter were found poisoned in the English city of Salisbury in early March.

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Sep 5th 2018, 1:25 PM

# Chemring Countermeasures

Man killed in explosion at UK military factory near Salisbury

A second man is in a serious condition in hospital.

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Aug 11th 2018, 12:41 PM

# chemical warfare

Britain asks world's chemical warfare watchdog to extend Novichok probe

Dawn Sturgess died after she handled what she thought was a bottle of perfume, given to her by her partner Charlie Rowley.

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Aug 7th 2018, 2:19 PM

# salisbury

'An appalling experience most could never imagine': Novichok victim discharged from hospital

Charlie Rowley’s partner Dawn Sturgess died after exposure to the nerve agent earlier this month.

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Jul 20th 2018, 7:12 PM

# novichok

'Wild speculation': Minister denies suspects behind attack on former spy have been identified

The suspects are believed to be Russian.

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Jul 19th 2018, 4:27 PM

# novichok

'Painstaking and vital work' - Police investigating link between Novichok death and Skripal poisoning

They say that 400 items in total have been collected.

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Jul 14th 2018, 4:19 PM

# Charlie Rowley

Man exposed to Novichok nerve agent in UK is no longer critical, hospital says

Charlie Rowley and Dawn Sturgess, who has since died, fell ill last weekend in Amesbury, near the town of Salisbury.

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Jul 11th 2018, 1:51 PM

# salisbury

Novichok poisoning: Police search for container they believe couple 'must have handled'

Dawn Sturgess and a man named locally as Charlie Rowley (45) fell ill last weekend in Amesbury, near the town of Salisbury.

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Jul 9th 2018, 2:13 PM

# novichok

Public in Salisbury warned not to pick up unknown objects after couple exposed to nerve agent

Police are investigating if the latest nerve agent poisoning is linked to the last Salisbury incident.

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Jul 5th 2018, 1:10 PM

# salisbury

'Unknown substance' hospitalises two in Salisbury close to where Skripals were poisoned

The incident happened less than 10 miles from where former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter were poisoned.

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Jul 4th 2018, 6:34 AM

# Tension

UK regulator launches seven investigations into Kremlin-backed broadcaster RT

The investigations have been launched on the back of the Salisbury nerve agent attack in March.

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Apr 18th 2018, 12:15 PM

# Sergei Skripal

Nerve agent used in Salisbury attack delivered in 'liquid form', UK government says

Work to decontaminate sites in Salisbury affected by the nerve agent begin today.

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Apr 17th 2018, 4:06 PM

# salisbury

Russian ex-spy Sergei Skripal 'improving rapidly' after Salisbury poisoning

Yesterday, his daughter Yulia said her “strength is growing daily”.

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Apr 6th 2018, 2:45 PM

# playing with fire

Russia compares Salisbury poisoning allegations to Nazi propaganda

A war of words has erupted between Russia, the UK and the US.

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Apr 5th 2018, 10:57 PM

# salisbury

Yulia Skripal says her 'strength is growing daily', in first statement since Salisbury poisoning

Sergei and Yulia Skripal were found unconscious in the English town of Salisbury on 4 March.

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Apr 5th 2018, 4:05 PM

# Diversion

Russia says Skripal poisoning is in UK's benefit as it is distracting from Brexit

Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said the British had “lost their sense of reality”.

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Apr 2nd 2018, 12:57 PM

# skripal poisoning

Russia escalates action against European countries as it puts UK diplomats on notice

Yulia Skripal, meanwhile, is “rapidly improving” in her condition in hospital.

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Mar 30th 2018, 2:20 PM

# Russian Spy

Yulia Skripal 'improving rapidly' after nerve agent attack as police cordon off playground near home

While she is no longer critical, the condition of her father Sergei remains serious after the attack.

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Mar 29th 2018, 5:16 PM

# russian poisoning

Skripals were poisoned with deadly nerve agent from front door of their own home, police say

The highest concentration of nerve agent was found at Sergei Skripal’s home address, according to Met Police.

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Mar 28th 2018, 10:12 PM

Evening Wrap

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Mar 27th 2018, 4:55 PM

# gone

Taoiseach says expulsion of Russian diplomat from Ireland is an 'act of solidarity' with the UK

Leo Varadkar told the Dáil that when it comes to the use of chemical weapons Ireland is “not neutral one bit”.

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Mar 27th 2018, 4:30 PM

# Russia

Russian Ambassador warns Ireland should use 'common sense' when considering diplomat expulsions

The government is expected to decide whether to expel Russian diplomats later today.

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Mar 27th 2018, 7:39 AM

# salisbury

Russian ambassador to Ireland says expulsion of diplomats would be 'unfriendly action'

The 28 EU leaders have offered British Prime Minister Theresa May their full support in blaming Russia for the attack.

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Mar 23rd 2018, 3:40 PM

# salisbury

Policeman injured in UK nerve agent attack leaves hospital

A judge today ruled that blood samples from former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter, who have been left in a coma following the attack, can be released for testing.

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Mar 22nd 2018, 8:30 PM

# salisbury

Ireland 'fully supports' UK's efforts to punish those behind 'heinous' poisoning of former spy

Russia has denied involvement in the poisoning.

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Mar 19th 2018, 6:00 AM

# Sergei Skripal

Britain to expel 23 Russian diplomats after former double agent poisoned

“The Russian state was culpable of the attempted murder” of spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia, May said.

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Mar 14th 2018, 12:55 PM

# Russian Spy

Diners and pubgoers in Salisbury told to wash belongings after traces of poison found

England’s chief medical officer said the risk to the public is low.

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Mar 11th 2018, 4:46 PM

# Sergei Skripal

More than 200 witnesses identified in probe into poisoning of Russian ex-spy in UK

One of the police officers who was injured in the attack has said today that he’s “no hero”.

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Mar 10th 2018, 6:12 PM

# salisbury

Police ask military to help remove objects from scene where former spy was found unconscious

Russia has said the claim it poisoned Sergei Skripal is ‘propaganda’.

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Mar 9th 2018, 11:45 AM