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U.S. Slaps New Sanctions on Russia for 2018 Nerve Agent Attack

August 5, 2019August 5, 2019 Admin

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The U.S. has announced a new round of sanctions on Russia for its use of a chemical weapon in 2018 during an attempted assassination of former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter on British soil.

Ex-Russian Chemical Weapons Specialist: Moscow Was Sure No One Would Find Poison

March 17, 2018March 17, 2018 Admin

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Vil Mirzayanov is a Russian emigre to the U.S. and chemical weapons specialist who helped develop the poison believed to have been used in the attack in Britain on Sergei Skripal, a former colonel in the GRU, Russia’s military intelligence, and his daughter Yulia. Mirzayanov spoke with VOA’s Russian service.