Gemma Bowsher
Senior Research Associate at the Centre for Conflict and Health Research, King's College London, specialising in forensic and health aspects of chemical and biological threats.
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Feb 18, 2026 • 32min
Frog poison, tear gas and Novichok: Inside Russia’s chemical weapons programme
Dr Gemma Bowsher, forensic and health researcher at King’s College London, and Hamish de Bretton-Gordon, former commander of the UK’s CBRN regiment, unpack the discovery that Navalny was killed with a rare frog poison. They trace how the toxin was identified, how samples were smuggled and forensically confirmed, and map Russia’s broader chemical capabilities from assassination agents to battlefield chemicals.
