{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6583019ebbd71a00175001c8/6994aa066415006ed22a30b7?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Frog poison, tear gas and Novichok: Inside Russia’s chemical weapons programme","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6583019ebbd71a00175001c8/1771350431045-74836a4a-6faa-43ad-bb48-9f73447abba5.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Two years ago, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny died in a Siberian penal colony. There was an outcry and many suspected foul play, but nothing could be proved.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>That is until last weekend, when five European countries including the UK announced that they had made a startling discovery: Navalny had been killed with a rare frog poison.</p><p><br></p><p>How was the poison was identified, how were the samples smuggled out of Russia, and why does the evidence point directly to Moscow?</p><p><br></p><p>Venetia and Arthur speak to former commanding officer of the UK’s Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Regiment and Telegraph columnist, Hamish de Bretton-Gordon, and Dr Gemma Bowsher, Senior Research Associate for the Centre for Conflict and Health Research at Kings College London.</p><p><br></p><p>Producer: Sophie O'Sullivan</p><p>Executive Producer: Louisa Wells</p><p>Studio Operator: Meghan Searle</p><p><br></p><p>► Sign up to our most popular newsletter, From the Editor. Look forward to receiving free-thinking comment and the day's biggest stories, every morning. telegraph.co.uk/fromtheeditor</p><p><br></p><p>Contact us with feedback or ideas:</p><p>battlelines@telegraph.co.uk</p><p>@venetiarainey</p><p>@ascottgeddes</p><p><br></p>","author_name":"The Telegraph"}