German intelligence acquired a sample of nerve agent "Newbie" in the early 1990s, Interfax report in the German newspaper "Die Zeit", carried through journalistic investigation in conjunction with the publication of the "Süddeutsche Zeitung", «Vestdoycher rundfunk" and "Norddoycher rundfunk».
according to the report, "Sample material could deliver defector, worked for German intelligence ", and served as a source of information by Russian scientists.
In the future model of the "Beginner" was taken to one of the laboratories in Sweden. After the study in the hands of German intelligence was the compound of formula. As established by journalists, scouts have shared information with their counterparts from NATO countries.
Due to the good relationship with Russian President Boris Yeltsin, the German government has decided not to announce publicly the existence of “freshman”, According to the newspaper.
Now occupied by sample, unknown. Cabinet of Germany did not react to a journalistic investigation.
Recall, in March 2018 the first in the UK Salisbury were found unconscious former GRU officer Sergei Skripal and his daughter Julia. The head of the British government immediately Theresa May said, that they have been poisoned by nerve agents "Beginner" (A-234), developed in Russia, in this connection, Moscow has accused of attempted murder Skripal.
Moscow strongly rejected these accusations, recalling, that all chemical weapons destroyed in Russia 2017 , under the supervision of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.
