Novichok

The Kremlin critic, already serving a 3.5-year sentence in what many see as a politically motivated case, is facing new charges in a trial held inside a prison.

Russia's embassy in Washington, D.C. rejected a request to give details about chemical weapons in light of the Novichok poisoning of the Kremlin critic.

The two men are also wanted over the attempted murder of an ex-Russian spy in the English city of Salisbury.

Navalny was arrested on Sunday after he arrived in Moscow from Berlin, where he had been treated for Novichok poisoning

The opposition leader told Spanish paper El Pais: "Putin wants to be the czar of Russia. He doesn't like anyone who opposes him."

Queen Elizabeth II got back to work today with her first public royal engagement since before lockdown, but the 94-year-old did not wear a face mask.

Queen Elizabeth II and Prince William are touring the top-secret chemical weapons lab which identified Novichok as the nerve agent used in a "reckless act against the United Kingdom."

The Russian opposition campaigner told Der Spiegel Vladimir Putin was behind his Novichok attack, which the Kremlin has dismissed.

State Duma speaker Vyacheslav Volodin said foreign operators such as German intelligence agents may have poisoned the Kremlin critic.

Alexei Navalny has long been one of President Vladimir Putin's most prominent domestic critics, and a target of the Russian regime.

The Russian opposition figure is being treated at Berlin's Charite hospital where he has been transferred from the Siberian city of Omsk.

The suspected poisoning on the Russian opposition figure bears the hallmarks of the 2018 attack on Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia, and a Bulgarian arms maker, Der Spiegel reported.

"Our Guys in Salisbury" allows players to follow the route of two Russian agents accused of a March 2018 Novichok attack in the U.K.

In the wake of the nerve agent attack in Salisbury, England, an intelligence chief pledged to fight back.

Moscow has cast doubt over the relevance of the footage showing two Russian nationals visit the U.K., travel to Salisbury and leave during the attack.

Prosecutors in the U.K. are prepared to file an extradition request for two Russians they suspect carried out a nerve agent attack that killed one person and injured three others.

Police are combing thousands of hours of closed-circuit TV footage.

Novichok kills by disrupting communication between nerves and muscles or nerves in the brain.

The Russian government previously accused British intelligence officials of carrying out the Skripal poisoning as a way to stir up anti-Moscow sentiment.

Reports suggest the 44-year-old and her partner handled a contaminated item.

The man and woman who fell ill in Amesbury were exposed to the same nerve agent that hospitalized a former Russian agent and his daughter.

Sergei and Yulia Skripal's recovery happened against the backdrop of a huge political fallout with Russia over the poisoning.

The ex-Russian spy and his daughter were hit with an attack that used 50-100 grams of Novichok, the head of the OPCW has said.

Vladimir Uglev identified the poison that hospitalized former double agent Sergei Skripal as Novichok.

Former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter could make a fresh start in America, report says.

The man who may have invented the poison that took down Sergey Skripal has said he supports the British government's stance on Russia.

Sergei Skripal is "improving rapidly," while his daughter can now look forward to leaving hospital.

Two Guinea pigs were found dead at the scene while the family cat was put down.

Russia denies being behind the chemical attack on Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia.

The Russian Embassy in London said British accusations of Kremlin involvement "are nothing but assumptions."