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by ibobev·6y ago·view on hn ↗

I'm not a chemist but it seems that Novichok is the poison with the worst track record. It was claimed that this is extremely dangerous military grade neuro agent, but currently from six people claimed to be poisoned with it only one died.

I'm starting to wonder why the Russian secret services blamed using it against political opponents, try it again and again. It is completely possible that they want not to kill, but just to intimidate, but also it is completely possible that the "Novichok" is just a propaganda weapon of the West.

> six people claimed to be poisoned with it only one died

We don't know how many people were poisoned and died, and death was attributed to natural causes.

Novichok agent is not something easily detectable.

In particular, in Skripal case, it was an accident that his daughter was visiting him, and they both found unconscious on the bench. Otherwise, it would be a cardiac arrest of 66 yo man, hard life, it happens, nothing unexpected.