What is neurotoxin Novichok? How dangerous?

According to Western accusations, "Novichok" is the name used to refer to a line of chemical toxins developed by the Soviet Union beginning in the 1970s.

Its existence was published in 1991 by Vil Mirzayanov, a scientist at the Russian Institute of Organic Chemistry and Technology. Mr. Mirzayanov - who defected to the West - revealed that Moscow was making a kind of neurotoxin is stronger than anything that ever existed before, going against the 1990 Chemical Weapons Treaty.

When infected with this toxin, it has the ability to slow the heart rate, block the airway and cause the victim to suffocate.

Although the information on this toxin is still vague, so far, Western experts say it has a very strong damage, 5-8 times stronger than the VX neurotoxin. When infected with this toxin, it has the ability to slow the heart rate, block the airway and cause the victim to suffocate.

Most Novichok compounds are called "binary weapons" , which are composed of two separate harmless components and only become toxic when combined together.

"Novichok neurotoxins are thought to be very difficult to detect in the manufacturing process. They are easily produced in any pesticide factory because the ingredients only include common chemicals , " the instructional table said. about the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgery's mass destruction weapons described.

While the United States accused Russia of developing Novichok poison from the Soviet era, Russia also accused the United States of producing and patenting Novichok as a chemical weapon. Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation at the Chemical Weapons Restraint Organization (OPCW) Aleksander Sulgin stated this, when speaking at the extraordinary meeting of the Executive Council of the Chemical Weapons Restraining Organization (OPCW). ) about the incident at Salisbury-England. Mr. Sulgin looked at documents from the US Patent and Trademark Office (United States Patent and Trademark Office) and said that on December 1, 2015 the agency asked the Russian side to check " patent pending Intelligent by American scientist T.Rubin ".