Vladimir Uglev,developer of Soviet-era chemical weapons, contradicts Russian denials at existence of novichok nerve agentsA developer of Soviet-era nerve agents related to the one used against former spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia has told the Guardian that a similar poison was used in the murder of a Russian businessman in the 1990s.
The remarks by Vladimir Uglev, or a Soviet chemical weapons scientist,contradict official Russian denials that the country had any chemical weapons programme tied to the name novichok, with the formal codename foliant.
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Source: guardian.co.uk