Novichok

Mirzayanov

 * "Chemical Weapons Disarmament in Russia: Problems and Prospects; Dismantling the Soviet/Russian Chemical Weapons Complex: An Insider's View" (PDF). Henry L. Stimson Center, Washington, D.C. 17 October 1995
 * p. 28 He worked in GNIIOKhT for 28 years, starting from monitoring air, water, emissions quality. His final position, chief of department of countering foreign technical intelligence
 * From his interview to BBC, March 16, 2018
 * ''VM: I want to say right away that I'm not a synthetic chemist (a specialist who is engaged in chemical synthesis - the BBC). I am not a creator, I am a participant in the creation of this weapon. And it was created by Pyotr Kirpichev, my good friend, with his group in our branch in Shihany (branch of the State Scientific Research Institute of Organic Chemistry and Technology (GNIIOKhT) Shihany in the Saratov Region- BBC). And then, when this substance was synthesized, tests began. And in these tests my graduate students participated, and then myself. At the very end of the trial, the tests were held at the GNIIOKhT in Moscow, I was responsible for all these analyzes, my signature was final. So I participated.
 * Вил Мирзаянов: "Новичок" можно синтезировать или украсть, но применить его смогут немногие (Vil Mirzayanov: "Novichok" can be synthesized or stolen, but few can use it) - BBC, March 16, 2018
 * BBC: You know the capabilities of your colleagues around the world in your field. Where, in your opinion, could the "Novichok" be synthesized?
 * VM: Here in the States.
 * BBC: Where exactly, do you think?
 * VM: Well, there are several of these centers. Say, in Edgewall (Delaware) could do this, why not. There are very qualified chemists. It's easy.
 * Moreover, information about the fundamental difference between the well-known "Novichok" in the skeleton of this formula has leaked out. (Unclear what exactly he means; in Rus. it is "Тем более, просочились сведения о принципиальной разнице между известным "Новичком" в скелете этой формулы.") And then, before me - even before my arrival - not less than five people from GNIIOKHT who knew these secrets came. I never said and will not say that they gave them away. But the probability is always there, so what is it about. They, Americans, also care about their defense, about weapons. About prestige.
 * Where else? In China, of course. There are very strong chemists


 * Russian State Secrets, book promotion video by Vil Mirzayanov, 2009, from his youtube channel

Poisoning of Sergei Skripal‎

 * Boris Johnson A Categorical Liar - Craig Murray, March 22, 2018
 * Quotes the judgement at the High Court case allowing the OPCW to takie blood samples from the Skripals
 * ''The Evidence
 * ''i) CC: Porton Down Chemical and Biological Analyst
 * ''Blood samples from Sergei Skripal and Yulia Skripal were analysed and the findings indicated exposure to a nerve agent or related compound. The samples tested positive for the presence of a Novichok class nerve agent or closely related agent.

Ukrainian chemical weapons?

 * Khomutets : two summers without an answer. Liquidation of the consequences of the mass chemical poisoning in the village under the resort of Mirgorod demands interventions at the highest state level-zn.ua, November 24, 2000 (Khomutets is in Poltava region, Ukraine)
 * 36 children were hospitalized. Immediately after hospitalization of the victims of Mirgorodskaya Sanitary and Epidemiological Station, soil samples were taken at the scene. Their analysis allowed us to conclude that organophosphorus inhalation poisoning.
 * Secret weapons. Ukraine owns chemical warfare agents -Novasich.org.ua (Cossack), December 15, 2011
 * ''Seven tons of sarin and one ton of VX gas - in violation of all international conventions - are stored in warehouses AH-0312 of the Ministry of Defense in the Poltava region. The Presidents Kuchma and Yushchenko knew about this, but they were silent, hiding from the West. Why?
 * Chemical Weapons of Ukraine: Where Kiev Banishes Prohibited Ammunition -TV Zvezda (Russian MoD media), April 12, 2017
 * Allegation of shipments of ammunition, possibly chemical, from Mariupol to Syria, + some previous claims of Ukraine having chemical weapons. Back in 1997, the Taipei edition of The Independent Morning Post published a sensational investigation in which, with reference to a secret report from Taiwanese intelligence, the facts of Kiev's sale of a chemical warfare agent to China were proved. According to reporters, sarin was stored in arsenals of the former Soviet Army in Ukrainian territory, and Kiev was forced to sell it urgently because of fears that international inspectors would detect poison in monitoring compliance with the Convention on the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.
 * Ex-head of the FSB did not rule out the "Ukrainian trace" in the poisoning of Skripal-RIA Novosti Ukraine, March 13, 2018
 * ''...it was stored on territories of republics of the former Soviet Union, thus Ukrainian involvement is not excluded...