If so, how can Britain claim they aren't making their own Novichoks?
Why were the dead animals disposed of rather than preserved as evidence?
Don’t you think someone would have smelled something after a while?
What good would an anecdote do for possible nerve gas poisoning?
The animals died as a result of police cruelty to the animals. The Russians asked basically the same question you did. The answer: “guinea pigs likely died “due to a lack of water,” while the BBC reports that the cat was put down due to extreme dehydration.” The anti-Putin deep state agents withheld basic necessities until the animals died.
Perhaps the police supervisors responsible should be locked up a few days without water until they develop a little empathy for helpless animals.
I think you mean antidote.