Frog poison, tear gas and Novichok: Inside Russia’s chemical weapons programme

Two years ago, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny died in a
Siberian penal colony. There was an outcry and many suspected
foul play, but nothing could be proved. 


That is until last weekend, when five European countries
including the UK announced that they had made a startling
discovery: Navalny had been killed with a rare frog poison.


How was the poison was identified, how were the samples smuggled
out of Russia, and why does the evidence point directly to
Moscow?


Venetia and Arthur speak to former commanding officer of the UK’s
Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Regiment and
Telegraph columnist, Hamish de Bretton-Gordon, and Dr Gemma
Bowsher, Senior Research Associate for the Centre for Conflict
and Health Research at Kings College London.


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