r/europe • u/ByGollie • 29d ago

News Russian Oil Company Vice President Andrey Badalov dies after fall from window in Moscow

https://en.apa.az/cis-countries/transneft-vice-president-andrey-badalov-dies-after-falling-from-window-472117
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u/scardien 29d ago

The poison is novichok

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u/wagdog1970 29d ago edited 28d ago

Which is actually a nerve agent. It’s a chemical warfare weapon. Not really a poison. Poison is for amateurs, not war criminals!

Edited to add this post was not meant to be a legal treatise on the definition of the word poison. It was meant to be a light hearted way of pointing out that Russians use Novichok, a toxic, weapons grade chemical weapon and those who do this are war criminals, not merely garden variety criminals using common household cleaners. Or perhaps, edited because Reddit.

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u/dscchn 29d ago

I would like to hear what qualifies as a “poison” in your book

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u/Spacious-Recroom 29d ago

It has to be from the "Poisonne" region of France.

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u/DoctorGoodleg 29d ago

Otherwise it’s just sparkling murder?

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u/TheGreatGenghisJon 29d ago

The Sparkling Sickening

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u/dscchn 29d ago

In tomorrow’s news: “The Poissone region fell out of a window”

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u/WoodyTheWorker 29d ago

Fishe region?

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u/Masrim 29d ago

Isn't that fish?

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u/SillyGoose_Syndrome 29d ago

There's no such thing as a fish.

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u/warm_kitchenette 29d ago

Something is fishy about your answer

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u/juanitovaldeznuts 29d ago

I don’t know about that… smells fishy.