Nerve Agent Attack

• Trudeau expresses ‘concern’ over suspected poisoning of Canadian Pussy Riot activist in Russia

  Pyotr Verzilov, the Pussy Riot member hospitalized late Tuesday night in a suspected case of poisoning, is Canadian.

  Canada

  Sep 13, 2018
  
• Canada backs Britain in nerve agent charges, pledges to disrupt hostile foreign intelligence

  Canada, along with France, Germany and the United States backed Britain and pledged on Thursday to work to disrupt "the hostile activities of foreign intelligence networks" and called on Russia to disclose its nerve agent programme.

  World

  Sep 6, 2018
  
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• Vladimir Putin responsible for nerve agent attack on ex-spy, U.K. security chief says

  Britain's security minister says Russian President Vladimir Putin bears ultimate responsibility for the Novichok nerve agent attack carried out in England.

  World

  Sep 6, 2018
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• U.S. announces new sanctions on Russia over Sergei Skripal nerve agent attack

  The State Department said the U.S. this week made the determination that Russia had used the Novichok nerve agent to poison Sergei Skripal and his daughter, Yulia, and that sanctions would follow.

  Politics

  Aug 8, 2018
• Latest Novichok nerve agent poisoning in U.K. likely not a deliberate attack, police say

  The unexplained poisoning of two British citizens with no immediately apparent link to Russia has raised public health concerns in the Salisbury area

  World

  Jul 5, 2018
• 2 Brits critically ill after exposure to same nerve agent used on former Russian spy

  Two British citizens were critically ill in hospital on Wednesday after they were poisoned with the Novichok nerve agent which struck down a former Russian agent and his daughter in March, Britain's top counter-terrorism officer said.

  Crime

  Jul 4, 2018
• Daughter of ex-Russian spy poisoned in nerve agent attack says she’s improving

  Yulia Skripal, 33, said in a statement released by British police that her “strength is growing daily” and she expressed gratitude to those who came to her aid when she and her father, Sergei, were found unconscious on a bench a month ago.

  Politics

  Apr 5, 2018
• ‘Where are the pets?’: Russia seeks status of poisoned ex-spy’s pets

  Russia wants Britain to provide information about the pets that lived in the house of the Russian former spy who was poisoned with nerve agent in England.

  World

  Apr 4, 2018
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• Why inviting Vladimir Putin to the White House right now is unusual — even for Trump

  After U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke on the phone on March, 20, Trump said he hoped to meet with the recently re-elected leader "in the not too distant future."

  Politics

  Apr 3, 2018
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• Russian ex-spy’s daughter ‘improving rapidly’ after nerve agent attack

  The daughter of a Russian ex-spy poisoned in a nerve-agent attack is out of critical condition — an unexpected piece of good news in a chilling mystery that has sparked an international crisis.

  World

  Mar 29, 2018