Children ‘slept next to blackened corpses of their poisoned parents’

Two young children found in flat with lifeless bodies of their parents who ‘died from eating poisoned pickles’ Two children have been found alive in their home in Russia after parents died  Girl, five, and her one-year-old brother were discovered after three days alone Alexander and Viktoria Yakunin died after allegedly eating ‘poisoned pickles’ By … Read more

Navalny team says he was poisoned by water bottle in hotel room

Putin-critic Alexei Navalny says he was poisoned by a bottle of water in his hotel room and NOT a cup of tea at the airport Traces of Novichok found in hotel water bottles, Alexei Navalny has claimed  It was previously thought he was poisoned at the airport before domestic flight Russia says it has seen … Read more

Alexei Navalny says he can breathe unaided a month after he was poisoned with Novichok 

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny says he can breathe unaided a month after he was poisoned with Novichok Navalny said he was ‘able to breathe on my own all day’ a month after poisoning Berlin hospital doctors say the Putin critic’s condition ‘continues to improve’  Navalny was taken ill in August in what Germany says … Read more

Lab tests in France and Sweden confirm Alexei Navalny WAS poisoned with Novichok

The German government has said specialist laboratories in France and Sweden have confirmed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was poisoned with the Soviet-era nerve agent Novichok. A German military laboratory previously confirmed the substance was present in his samples. German government spokesman Steffen Seibert said the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons has also … Read more

Two Alexei Navalny allies win local election vote in city where he was poisoned

Two allies of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navanly won local parliament seats Monday in the Siberian city of Tomsk where he was allegedly poisoned last month, according to early poll results. Andrei Fateev and Ksenia Fadeeva came out on top in two constituencies, while the ruling United Russia party topped the polls overall in Tomsk … Read more

Wife of police officer poisoned by Novichok in Salisbury says ‘actions speak louder than words’

The wife of a police officer who nearly died after investigating the Salisbury poisonings said ‘actions speak louder than words’ in response to a tweet by the Prime Minister. Boris Johnson joined world leaders in demanding answers from Russia amid claims Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny was poisoned using Novichok – which was also used in the … Read more

Tory panic as poll finds Covid crisis has poisoned public’s view of the PM

The huge damage to Boris Johnson’s reputation from the coronavirus crisis was laid bare today after another humiliating U-turn.  A poll for MailOnline found 39 per cent of the public have a more negative view of the PM due to the shambolic handling of the pandemic. Meanwhile, just 21 per cent said their opinion had … Read more

Germany says Alexei Navalny was poisoned with Novichok

Germany said today it has ‘unequivocal proof’ that Russian dissident Alexei Navalny was poisoned with the nerve agent Novichok.  Tests carried out at a military laboratory found evidence of the Soviet-era chemical weapon that was used to attack Sergei Skripal in Salisbury in 2018. Navalny, 44, remains in a coma in a Berlin hospital nearly two … Read more

German hospital treating poisoned Putin critic Alexei Navalny has asked for British help

German hospital treating poisoned Putin critic Alexei Navalny has asked for British help as he remains in a coma Doctors called upon Government’s Defence Science and Technology Laboratory The Wiltshire laboratory led the investigation into the Salisbury attack in 2018 Alexei Navalny’s supporters suspect he was poisoned when he drank a cup of tea Medics … Read more

Doctors treating Alexei Navalny believe he was poisoned with same toxin ‘used on arms dealer’ 

German doctors treating Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny have contacted Bulgarian colleagues amid suspicions he was poisoned with the same mysterious toxin used on an arms dealer. ‘Obviously, they consider it possible that the same or very similar substances were used,’ reported news magazine Der Spiegel. Doctors at Berlin’s Charité hospital – where Navalny remains … Read more