Russia opposition leader poisoned with Novichok
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#2cant say im surprised honestly. as sad as it is, Messing with Putin himself rarely leads to a positive outcome.
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#3FTA: 'The name Novichok means "newcomer" in Russian'
No it doesn't. Novichok means "amateur, noob". Sigh.
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#4https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novichok_agent
“ These agents were designed to achieve four objectives:[21][22]
to be undetectable using standard 1970s and 1980s NATO chemical detection equipment; to defeat NATO chemical protective gear; to be safer to handle; and to circumvent the Chemical Weapons Convention list of controlled precursors, classes of chemical and physical form.[23]”
Re: Russia opposition leader poisoned with Novichok
#5cant say im surprised honestly. as sad as it is, Messing with Putin himself rarely leads to a positive outcome.
The man is ex-KGB, installed himself in power for life and somehow his critics have a way of getting killed or tripping on some soviet nerve agents.
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#6So this is as confirmed as Iraq WMD and Russia collusion where the entire establishment and media comes together but ultimately this is fake? Or there is some actual proof?
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#7FTA: 'The name Novichok means "newcomer" in Russian' No it doesn't. Novichok means "amateur, noob". Sigh.
Well, those are mostly the same. Noob (newbie, n00b) comes from newcomer/novice. Amateur I'm not sure how it fits in there. I think BBC is just using the synonym that the most people would understand (newcomer vs noob, everyone gets the first, some will not understand the second)
Re: Russia opposition leader poisoned with Novichok
#8FTA: 'The name Novichok means "newcomer" in Russian' No it doesn't. Novichok means "amateur, noob". Sigh.
It means both actually
Re: Russia opposition leader poisoned with Novichok
#9The article mentions Novichok being produced in Soviet Union in the 80-s, whats more interesting, it's still manufactured in Czech Republic, at least until recently:
https://www.euronews.com/2018/05/03/novichok-type-nerve-agen...
Re: Russia opposition leader poisoned with Novichok
#10FTA: 'The name Novichok means "newcomer" in Russian' No it doesn't. Novichok means "amateur, noob". Sigh.
Well, those are mostly the same. Noob (newbie, n00b) comes from newcomer/novice. Amateur I'm not sure how it fits in there. I think BBC is just using the synonym that the most people would understand (newcomer vs noob, everyone gets the first, some will not understand the second)
Guessing it was amateur in the derogatory sense.