PoisonReporting Database

Aleksandr Solzhenitsy


 

Symptoms of victim: unknown       

Date of poisoning:08/08/1971   

Location of poisoning:Moscow

Name of poison used: Ricin

Form in which poison was consumed: Experimental gel-based delivery method

Treatment facilities and provider: na.

Treatment used:

Outcome: Recovery

Occupation of victim: Novelist and prominent Soviet dissident and outspoken critic of communism

Motive for poisoning: Russian Federation

First response diagnosis:

Possible perpetrators: KGB agents

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