The long, terrifying history of Russian dissidents being poisoned abroad

This weekend, 66-year-old Sergei Skripal collapsed in a shopping center in the British city of Salisbury. He is now in the intensive care unit of the city's hospital, being treated for “suspected exposure to an unknown substance.” In other words: officials think he may have been poisoned. Skripal, a former Russian spy, was jailed in Moscow for sharing the names […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2018/03/06/the-long-terrifying-history-of-russian-dissidents-being-poisoned-abroad/