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The Salisbury Poisonings | Glass Houses | 1

2025/6/4
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The episode begins in Salisbury, England, on March 4th, 2018, where two individuals, Sergei and Yulia Skripal, are found collapsed in a park. Initial assumptions of an overdose are quickly overturned as the scene unfolds into a suspected chemical attack, prompting a major response from emergency services and police.
  • Discovery of Sergei and Yulia Skripal collapsed in Salisbury
  • Initial response assumes overdose
  • Subsequent identification of nerve agent points to chemical attack

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A Russian spy torn between loyalty and freedom. A secret deal with MI6. And, years later, in Salisbury, England, a deadly Soviet-era nerve agent turns a quiet afternoon into an international crisis. This is the story of Sergei Skripal: the double agent who betrayed Russia and lived to face Vladimir Putin's vengeance.

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