‘You cannot imagine the horror, it’s so bad’: Russian scientist who developed Novichok describes agonising convulsions caused by poison used on Sergei Skripal

vilmirza/YouTube Former Soviet chemist Vil Mirzayanov has described the effects of Novichok, a type of nerve agent which he helped create. Britain yesterday said Novichok was the chemical used to poison Sergei Skripal, a double agent who defected from Russia to Britain. Mirzayanov said even low doses of Novichok cause agonising convulsions and pain akin […]