Paul McKeigue 16 September 2020 1 Summary 2 Introduction 3 Mirzayanov’s story from 1991 to 1995 3.1 Relevance of binary formulations 4 The official Russian position 4.1 Lazarchuk’s story: the unofficial Russian explanation? 5 Uglev’s story: corroboration or rebuttal? 6 Fake corroboration: the 2003 Amazon book review 7 US studies of the phosphylated amidine compounds identified as Novichoks 8 Mirzayanov’s role as a Tatar separatist … Continue reading The Novichoks story: chemical weapons programme or canary trap?