2018 World Events · Annexation, territorial jihadism, and platform influence
Skripal poisoning in Salisbury
A nerve agent was used against former Russian intelligence officer Sergei Skripal and his daughter in the UK.
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What this is
A specific-event record selected from the protected World Events source ledger for cross-year research. It is not an exhaustive account of 2018.
Why it matters
It triggered expulsions, sanctions, and renewed attention to state assassination abroad.
What is established here
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What remains uncertain
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Record narrative
Source-bounded summary
A nerve agent was used against former Russian intelligence officer Sergei Skripal and his daughter in the UK.
It triggered expulsions, sanctions, and renewed attention to state assassination abroad.
Structured fields
Record at a glance
- Stable record ID
- 2018-001
- Date or period
- 2018-03-04
- Type
- Assassination attempt / espionage
- Focus
- Espionage
- Impact scope
- Global
- Priority
- 5 of 5
- Location label
- Salisbury, United Kingdom
- Coordinate precision
- City-level coordinate
- Actors named by the source record
- Russian GRU accused; Sergei Skripal; UK authorities
- Verification state
- source-start-point; sensitive details require independent verification
Geographic context
A coordinate locator, not a surveyed event footprint
The submitted record supplies 51.0688, -1.7945 with the precision label “City-level coordinate.” Multi-location events, disputed borders, campaigns, and broad regions cannot be reduced to one point.
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2IA — International Intelligence Archive. “Skripal poisoning in Salisbury.” World Events record 2018-001. Reviewed July 27, 2026. https://2ix.org/world-events/2018/2018-001/