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I'm no assassin but wonder how someone could fail to kill someone with poison. Aren't there a million deadly choices out there that would do the job reliably?
by foobarian 3y ago
I'm no assassin but wonder how someone could fail to kill someone with poison. Aren't there a million deadly choices out there that would do the job reliably? Is the FSB security apparatus this incompetent?
- fsloth 3y agoYes. https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/12/21/europe/russia-navalny-poisoning-underpants-ward/index.html https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/12/21/europe/russia-navalny-poi... But could be warning as well, ofc. The point is, we don’t know. Whatever the outcome, it’s a show of force.
- foobarian 3y agoI guess it's better not to have a body, since it keeps things uncertain and doesn't give law enforcement cause to get involved.
- invalidname 3y agoNot an expert, just guessing. In the past they used radioactive poisoning which is pretty easy to trace back and caused collateral damage. That's problematic. Poison is very dependent on dosage and delivery without compromising the agent might be tricky.
- Paradigma11 3y agoI think its a mixture of incompetence, micromanaging (you need to use very inappropriate radioactive or chemical warfare agents like Novitchok) and indifference (since terror is a major goal). Here are elite GRU assassins giving an interview to support their cover story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZatub49aIA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZatub49aIA
- tim333 3y agoThere seem to be a lot of people who survive. Navally, the Skipals. And Russia I think is the only country with a government poisoning lab and policy to do this stuff? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poison_laboratory_of_the_Soviet_secret_services https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poison_laboratory_of_the_Sovie...