Nerve agent News
Germany has said that Novichok, the nerve agent was used to poison Alexei Navalny, a critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin who is in a coma in a Berlin hospital. The nerve agent was developed in the Soviet Union in the 1970s and 1980s.
Russia on Monday vowed to retaliate against the expulsions of its diplomats by the US and Canada, as well as 14 European Union countries and Ukraine.
The US' expulsion of 60 Russian diplomats is not intended at sending any message to a country like India, senior Trump administration officials said on Monday.
The US on Monday expelled 60 Russian diplomats, describing them as "intelligence officers".
Police believe a nerve agent was used to deliberately poison a former Russian double agent and his daughter.
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