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Exclusive: Other countries could have made 'Russian' nerve agent

By Debora Mackenzie

20 March 2018

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A Novichok agent was used in Salisbury

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Several countries could have made the nerve agent used in the chemical attack on Russians Sergei and Yulia Skripal in Salisbury, UK, weapons experts have told 鶹ý.

British Prime Minister Theresa May says that because it was Russia that developed Novichok agents, it is “highly likely” that . But other countries legally created Novichok for testing purposes after its existence was revealed in 1992, and a production method has even been…

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