Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich, who is mediating to end the war in Ukraine, has suffered symptoms that suggest poisoning
In England, a Russian ex-double agent and his daughter have been hospitalized since Sunday after “an attempted murder with the” nerve agent “.
This case brings to light the use of poisons in several assassination attempts against opponents or former spies.
EDIT: we are rebroadcasting and revamping this 2018 article on poisonings, a Russian weapon, on the occasion of a news related to the war in Ukraine. Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich, who is trying to mediate between Moscow and kyiv to end the war in Ukraine, has suffered symptoms that suggest possible poisoning. The billionaire owner of the English football club Chelsea, as well as at least two other negotiators “have developed symptoms”: red eyes and peeling skin. The article has also been updated with the case of the poisoning of Alexei Navalny in 2019. The title has been changed and updated with the latest news
The poisonings of opponents and spies, acclaimed in Cold War spy novels, remain relevant in the 21st century.
Novichok, dioxin, polonium, agent VX, the poisons used in recent decades could feed a catalog.
While negotiators in the conflict in Ukraine, including Roman Abramovich, developed symptoms that could be reminiscent of poisoning when they came to Kiev,
20 Minutes looks
back on a few notable cases…
Novichok for Alexei Navalny, the number 1 opponent, in August 2019
In August 2019, Alexei Navalny, the 44-year-old opponent of Vladimir Putin, was placed in intensive care at the emergency hospital in Omsk (Siberia), last Thursday after feeling unwell on a plane.
Those around him immediately denounced "intentional poisoning".
Transferred to Germany, he will be treated in a hospital in Berlin. Three European laboratories conclude that he was poisoned with a nerve agent of the Novichok type, designed for military purposes in the Soviet era. On his release from hospital, he accuses Vladimir Putin .
Sergei Skripal, 66, and his daughter Yulia, 33, were found unconscious on Sunday in a shopping center in Salisbury (England).
They have since been hospitalized.
Former colonel in the intelligence service of the Russian army, Sergei Skripal was sentenced in 2006 to 13 years in prison for having provided information to the British.
He moved to London after being exchanged for prisoners in 2010 between Moscow, London and Washington.
Foreign Minister Boris Johnson has pointed the finger at Russia's responsibility in this affair, a charge refuted by Moscow.
On Wednesday evening, British police announced that it was an attempted murder with the "nerve agent".
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VX agent used on Kim Jong-Nam, North Korean leader's half-brother
On February 13, 2017, Kim Jong-Nam, half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un, was poisoned in broad daylight by two women at an airport in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
The man quickly succumbed to a heart attack.
Traces of VX, a nerve agent classified as a weapon of mass destruction, have been discovered by the Malaysian experts.
North Korea has denied any involvement in the assassination.
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>>Also read: What is VX, this superpoison that killed Kim Jong-un's half-brother?
Gelsemium against Russian oligarch Alexander Perepilichny?
On November 10, 2012, Russian oligarch Alexander Perepilichny died suddenly near London, where he had been a refugee since 2009. The man provided information about a vast corruption scandal in Russia.
The police concluded a natural death before new analyzes in 2015 suggested poisoning.
Traces of a product derived from gelsemium, a rare substance used by the Chinese and Russians, were found in the victim's stomach.
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>>Also read: Traces of poison on a Russian who died in England
Polonium-210 against former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko
The case of former Russian secret service agent Alexander Litvinenko hit the headlines at the end of 2006. The man, who was collaborating with the British and investigating possible links between the Kremlin and the Russian mafia, feels bad after drinking a tea with two Russians in a hotel in London on November 1, 2006. He died a few weeks later, poisoned with polonium-210, a radioactive substance produced in Russia.
Moscow, which refused to extradite the main suspect in this case, rejected the charges against her.
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>> To read also: Questions…answers on the Litvinenko affair
Dioxin used against Ukrainian candidate Viktor Yushchenko
In September 2004, Viktor Yushchenko, Ukrainian presidential candidate facing an opponent supported by Moscow, fell seriously ill.
Poisoned with dioxin, the man survives but has scars on his skin.
He was elected president of the country in 2005 and finished his term in 2010.
The failed assassination of Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal
In September 1997, five Israeli agents posing as Canadian tourists attempted to assassinate Khaled Meshaal, head of the political bureau of the Islamist movement Hamas, in Jordan.
They inject a poisonous substance in his face.
Two agents are arrested by the Jordanians.
Against their release, the Israeli government provides an antidote to the Palestinian and releases Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, spiritual leader of Hamas.
Ricin for Bulgarian dissident Georgi Markov
On September 11, 1978, Bulgarian opponent Georgi Markov was pricked in the leg by a passerby with an umbrella.
This is actually a weapon containing a dose of ricin and Georgi Markov dies three days later.
The case of the "Bulgarian umbrella" has never been officially elucidated.
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