Is there a "fifth Novichok"?
An "American Novichok", as claimed by former member of the UN Commission on Biological and Chemical Weapons Igor Nikulin?
Yes - @collapse_into has found a confirming report:
vertic.org/wp-content/upl…
An "American Novichok", as claimed by former member of the UN Commission on Biological and Chemical Weapons Igor Nikulin?
Yes - @collapse_into has found a confirming report:
vertic.org/wp-content/upl…
https://twitter.com/Qoppa999/status/1313962146456313864
It's a short report on the 24th Session of the Conference of the States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention:
US, Canada, NL proposed to add *2* families of chemicals to the OPCW prohibited list (incl. the "Salisbury Novichok");
Russia proposed to add *5* groups!
US, Canada, NL proposed to add *2* families of chemicals to the OPCW prohibited list (incl. the "Salisbury Novichok");
Russia proposed to add *5* groups!
In the end, a compromise was reached to put *four* new chemicals (or classes) on the list; - the Western states rejected the *fifth*, on the grounds it wasn't "consistent with the guidelines of the Convention" (!?!) - whatever that means ....
So, if the substance identified (but not specified) by OPCW in Navalny's samples is not on the OPCW list, it was not regarded a *Russian* "Novichok" by Western states!
It is either this fifth ("American"?) Novichok - or just another "similar" substance!
It is either this fifth ("American"?) Novichok - or just another "similar" substance!
https://twitter.com/Qoppa999/status/1313945439356571654?s=20
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