Litwin
Platinum Member
1/23/19
Since the New Year, the village of Shikhany in Saratov Oblast has lost its status as a Closed Administrative-Territorial Unit. According to statements from representatives of the British intelligence services, it was here that the Novichok was produced, the agent that, according to the British government, was used in the attempted poisoning of former Russian intelligence officer Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia. Anyone who wants can now visit the hometown of Saratov’s most famous brand. The residents of Shikhany are concerned that now their financing will be significantly reduced, layoffs will begin, and their specialized clinic will be closed.
Take a tour with a Novaya Gazeta (New Newspaper) reporter to the town in central Russia where the nerve agent Novichok was manufactured. The settlement of 6,067 (2010 Census) comprises Shikhany-1 (the town proper), Shikhany-2 (military base), and Shikhany-4 (the arsenal). The Shikhany CW research site worked in tandem with another in the Moscow suburb of Yasenevo, and also another such site in Uzbekistan that was dismantled and decontaminated in 1999. The CW labs in Shikhany were demolished in April 2018 and fresh earth was trucked in after the Salisbury attack, presumably to thwart any inspection by the OPCW.
Since the New Year, the village of Shikhany in Saratov Oblast has lost its status as a Closed Administrative-Territorial Unit. According to statements from representatives of the British intelligence services, it was here that the Novichok was produced, the agent that, according to the British government, was used in the attempted poisoning of former Russian intelligence officer Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia. Anyone who wants can now visit the hometown of Saratov’s most famous brand. The residents of Shikhany are concerned that now their financing will be significantly reduced, layoffs will begin, and their specialized clinic will be closed.
Take a tour with a Novaya Gazeta (New Newspaper) reporter to the town in central Russia where the nerve agent Novichok was manufactured. The settlement of 6,067 (2010 Census) comprises Shikhany-1 (the town proper), Shikhany-2 (military base), and Shikhany-4 (the arsenal). The Shikhany CW research site worked in tandem with another in the Moscow suburb of Yasenevo, and also another such site in Uzbekistan that was dismantled and decontaminated in 1999. The CW labs in Shikhany were demolished in April 2018 and fresh earth was trucked in after the Salisbury attack, presumably to thwart any inspection by the OPCW.
