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    'I almost died': arms dealer whose poisoning may be linked to Skripals'

    Russian agent allegedly in Bulgaria when Emilian Gebrev poisoned in 2015 and in UK when Skripals attacked
    by Shaun Walker and Maria Georgieva in Sofia Feb 18, 2019 4 minutes
    Emilian Gebrev, an arms dealer, arriving at the National Investigative Service in Sofia to meet UK and Bulgarian officials. Photograph: Reuters

    The first sign that something was wrong with Emilian Gebrev was an itchy, bloodshot eye after a dinner in April 2015. The next day he had strange visions of flashing lasers, followed by uncontrollable vomiting. As friends rushed him to hospital, everything went black and he slipped into a coma.

    Now, nearly four years after the Bulgarian arms dealer was on the verge of death after a suspected poisoning, British investigators are in Sofia to determine whether the incident could be linked to the 2018 poisoning of Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia with novichok in Salisbury.

    The key, a high-ranking GRU officer and a graduate of Russia’s Military Diplomatic Academy.

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