OPCW investigation report： the poison in the former Russian secret service is ＂extremely pure＂

　　On the 12th, the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons released a summary of the investigation report on the poisoning incident of a former Russian intelligence officer and his daughter in Britain, and determined that the two men were involved in a high-purity "Novichok" nerve agent.

　　The summary of the investigation report did not specify the specific model of this poison, nor did it indicate which party should be responsible for the "poisoning" incident.

　　[Recognized the British argument]

　　According to the abstract, at the request of the British side, the OPCW collected samples in Salisbury, England, and sent them to four laboratories associated with this international supervisory body. "The environmental and biomedical samples collected by the OPCW expert group were analyzed by the laboratory designated by the OPCW, and the conclusions obtained proved the results of the British investigation on the characterization of chemical agents."

　　Sergei Skripal, a former Russian intelligence officer, and his daughter You Liya fell into a coma on the streets of Salisbury on March 4th. The British side decided that Krippahl’s father and daughter had won the "Novichok" developed by the Soviet Union, and asked the OPCW to investigate the incident independently to verify the British conclusion. An expert group of OPCW went to the incident site to collect multiple samples on March 21.

　　DPA mentioned in the report that the summary of the OPCW’s investigation report only said that the British conclusion was "correct" and did not specify the specific model of the poison. Earlier, Alexander Jakovenko, Russian ambassador to Britain, said that the poison should be Novichok A-234.

　　The OPCW’s summary also said that this chemical preparation is of high purity and "almost no impurities".

　　[Not confirming the responsible party]

　　In the summary of the report, the OPCW did not identify which party should be responsible for the poisoning incident in Krippahl.

　　British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson told reporters on the 12th that the OPCW confirmed that this poison "is the military-grade nerve agent Novichok. There is no need to question who uses this kind of thing, and there is no other explanation, that is, only Russia has this means and motivation. "

　　The Russian side denied the British identification, referring to the British "self-directed and self-performed." The Russian side has been asking the British side to provide samples of poison for joint investigation, which was rejected by the British side. The Russian government submitted a list of questions to the OPCW on the 1 ST, involving the investigation process.

　　A research center under the Russian Ministry of Defense previously said that the poison used by former spies for "poisoning" may have been developed by Americans. Will Mi Erzha Yanov, a Soviet chemist who has emigrated to the United States, once recorded Novichok’s "formula" in his book.

　　This incident triggered a diplomatic storm between Britain and Russia. The two sides expelled diplomats from each other and many western countries joined the British camp. At the request of the British side, the OPCW is scheduled to hold an emergency meeting next week to discuss the laboratory analysis results. The results of laboratory analysis are scheduled to be circulated among representatives of member States on the 12th.

　　It is not clear how the OPCW will respond to this incident. Reuters reported that the executive board of this organization has been unable to make a decision on the "poisoning" incident in Krippahl due to the disagreement between western countries and Russia. (Du Fu) (special feature of Xinhua News Agency)