Russian Ambassador to the UK Alexander Yakovenko, right, shakes hands with Novichok poisoning victim Charlie Rowley, inside the Russian Embassy in London, where they met for talks Saturday April 6, 2019. UK citizen Charlkie Rowley, who was exposed to the deadly Novichok nerve agent in June 2018 in Amesbury, England, near Salisbury the city where Russian former spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter were poisoned with Novichok, visited the Russian Embassy in London to seek answers to their questions about the notorious poisoning. Rowley survived the poisoning, though still suffers various health problems, but his partner Dawn Sturgess died. (RTR via AP)
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