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Former MI6 spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter are poisoned with a Novichok nerve agent in Salisbury, England, causing a diplomatic uproar that results in mass-expulsions of diplomats from all countries involved.
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Russian intelligence officer (born 1951)
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2018 attempted murder in Salisbury, England
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Series of nerve agents developed by the Soviet Union
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Salisbury
Cathedral city in Wiltshire, England
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