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.

A British woman who died after being exposed to the Soviet-era nerve agent Novichok was unwittingly caught up in an "illegal and outrageous international assassination attempt," a public inquiry ...

As questions swirl over how Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin's plane crashed, many note that other Kremlin foes have met suspicious and violent ends.

Putin's spies could have killed THOUSANDS of Brits with Novichok: Perfume bottle left in Salisbury by 'GRU agents' contained enough military-grade nerve agent for mass murder, inquiry hears ...

Over the years, Kremlin political critics, turncoat spies and journalists have been killed in a variety of ways. Their deaths range from the exotic — from drinking polonium-laced tea or touch… ...

Novichok chemical agents were developed at a state research institute in the Soviet Union between 1971 and 1993, claimed to be the deadliest ever made.

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — The attacks range from the exotic — poisoned by drinking polonium-laced tea or touching a deadly nerve agent — to the more mundane of getting shot at close range.

Labs in Germany, France and Sweden confirmed Navalny was poisoned by a Soviet-era nerve agent known as Novichok, which he reported had been applied to his underwear.

Labs in Germany, France and Sweden confirmed Navalny was poisoned by a Soviet-era nerve agent known as Novichok, which he reported had been applied to his underwear.