Russia is unlikely to use chemical weapons in Ukraine - unless Vladimir Putin grows desperateA chemical weapon can be any chemical that is used to harm people, including to injure or kill them. Many substances have been used as chem...
13 Apr, 2022, 10.56 AM IST
US concludes Russia poisoned Alexei Navalny, joins European Union in sanctionsIn his first major action against Russia since taking office, President Joe Biden's administration said it was freezing any US assets and c...
03 Mar, 2021, 09.03 AM IST
Russia under renewed pressure to explain Navalny poisoningNavalny fell ill on Aug. 20 during a domestic flight in Russia, and was flown to Germany for treatment two days later. His allies accused t...
30 Nov, 2020, 05.28 PM IST
Russia alleges Navalny could have been poisoned in Germany or on plane"We have all grounds to believe that everything, which had happened to him (Navalny) from the point of view of warfare agent's entering int...
12 Nov, 2020, 07.03 PM IST
EU set to blacklist six people in Russia over opposition leader Navalny poisoningAmbassadors from the 27 EU countries approved sanctions after France and Germany proposed measures last week, saying Russia was responsible...
15 Oct, 2020, 11.05 AM IST
Chemical weapons body confirms nerve agent Novichok in Navalny's bloodThe Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) said in a statement that the biomarkers in his blood and urine had "similar...
07 Oct, 2020, 12.12 AM IST
Russia's opposition leader Alexei Navalny accuses Vladimir Putin of being behind poisoningRussian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who is recovering in Germany after being poisoned in Russia by a nerve agent, accused Russian Pre...
01 Oct, 2020, 01.12 PM IST
Novichok-tinged bottle found in Alexei Navalny’s room: ColleaguesSpecialists from a German military laboratory found traces of Novichok on a bottle of “Holy Spring” water Navalny left in his hotel room in...
18 Sep, 2020, 07.09 AM IST
Putin critic Alexei Navalny aides say Novichok nerve agent traces found in Russian hotelThe 44-year-old lawyer and outspoken critic of President Vladimir Putin collapsed last month on a flight from the Siberian city of Tomsk to...
17 Sep, 2020, 02.42 PM IST
German foreign minister threatens sanctions over Alexei Navalny poisoning"We have high expectations of the Russian government to solve this serious crime," Heiko Maas told German daily Bild. "If the government ha...
06 Sep, 2020, 02.17 PM IST
Alexei Navalny is victim of murder attempt using Novichok: Angela Merkel"This is disturbing information about the attemped murder through poisoning against a leading Russian opposition figure," Merkel said.
02 Sep, 2020, 11.00 PM IST
France, Germany, Canada and U.S. back Britain over Salisbury poisoningRussia's U.N. Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia told the council that inconsistencies in the British evidence were "off the charts" and London wa...
06 Sep, 2018, 11.24 PM IST
2 Russians military spies charged with attempted murder of Skirpals with deadly nerve agentThere was "sufficient evidence" to charge two Russian nationals, Scotland Yard said.
05 Sep, 2018, 07.28 PM IST
US to slap crippling sanctions on Russia over nerve agent attack in BritainThe State Department said in a statement that the sanctions were in response to the use of a 'Novichok' nerve agent in an attempt to assass...
09 Aug, 2018, 02.30 PM IST
Vladimir Putin slams 'ungrounded accusations' after UK poisonings"We would like to get documentary evidence but nobody gives it to us," Putin, speaking through a translator, told the US network after a su...
17 Jul, 2018, 09.26 AM IST
Britain accuses Russia of secretly stockpiling deadly nerve agent used in attackBritain and Russia have each expelled 23 diplomats over the attack as relations between the two countries crash to a post-Cold War low.
18 Mar, 2018, 06.08 PM IST
UK, allies point finger at Russia in ex-spy poisoningBoth the United States and NATO issued statements in support of London, as concern mounts over the use of what May described as a military-...
13 Mar, 2018, 01.15 PM IST