Published on
06/07/2026 - 15:24 GMT+2
Britain unveiled sanctions against seven Russian scientists and two research labs on Monday said to have helped develop chemical weapons used in two attacks.
The sanctions target those involved in developing the Novichok nerve agent used in a 2018 attack on a former Russian spy hiding in England and a chemical believed to have fatally poisoned Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny in Siberia in 2024.
"These new measures directly hit two leading scientific research centres and key individuals involved in the development and production of toxic chemicals," the UK foreign ministry said in a statement.
