Russian intelligence behind poisoning of Nobel-laureate editor, says US

US officials say unnamed Russian spy services launched chemical attack on investigative journalist Dmitry Muratov on Moscow train

Russian intelligence was behind a chemical attack on Dmitry Muratov, the Nobel peace prize-winning editor of the Russian independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta, US officials have said.

Muratov has previously said he boarded a train on 18 April heading from Moscow to the city of Samara when he was splashed with red paint containing acetone by an attacker who told him: “Muratov, this is for you from our boys.”

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