What is a Novichok nerve agent, the chemical weapon Germany says was used against Russian on opposition leader Alexey Navalny.

Novichok agents, however, are unusual for their strength, Gwynn Winfield, a chemical weapons expert with the publication CBRNe World, told ABC News.

Traces of poison were found on a bottle of water from the hotel room in Siberia where Alexey Navalny stayed before falling ill, the Russian opposition politician’s team said Thursday.

According to Sokolov, Novichok may have found its way into the bloodstream of his former colleague Shchekochikhin, who had plenty of enemies when he died under mysterious circumstances in July 2003.

Charlie Rowley helped victim Dawn Sturgess open a bottle labelled as perfume which contained a nerve agent.

LONDON-- The use of Russian-developed chemical nerve agent Novichok to poison ex-spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter makes it "highly likely" that Russia was involved, British Prime Minister ...

After the Soviet Union collapsed in the early 1990s, scientists who claim to have worked on its chemical weapons program spoke publicly about a nerve agent they had named Novichok -- Russian for ...

Novichok, or "newcomer" in Russian, refers not to a single chemical but rather a group of related molecules designed for only one purpose: to kill. Soviet Scientists applied that nickname to ...

LONDON-- The nerve agent Novichok could remain active for 50 years if kept in a sealed container, Britain's top counterterrorism police officer said Wednesday, adding that he cannot yet "guarantee ...

Novichok is not made up for Carry-On, with the nerve agent actually being a real thing. Novichok is a family of nerve agents that, while having a bunch of branches, tend to act in similar ways.