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Daily Mirror
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Will Stewart & Florence Freeman

Critic of Vladimir Putin's regime poisoned after speaking out against war in Ukraine

An outspoken Russian politician has been poisoned after publicly condemning Russia's widely ill-conceived war in Ukraine.

Elvira Vikhareva, 32, was discovered to have traces of very toxic potassium dichromate in her blood after criticising the Kremlin.

Elvira had become ill in November last year with symptoms of muscle spasms, severe stomach pains and hair loss.

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