Vil Mirzayanov

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Vil Mirzayanov is a Russian chemist and former Soviet scientist best known for exposing the secret Novichok nerve agent program in the early 1990s.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Russian emigrant
Soviet scientist
chemist
person
whistleblower
allegiance Soviet Union NERFINISHED
areaOfActivism government transparency
opposition to chemical weapons
countryOfBirth Soviet Union NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship Russia NERFINISHED
Soviet Union
United States of America
criticized Russian government secrecy on chemical weapons
described structures and properties of Novichok agents
educatedAt Kazan State University NERFINISHED
employer Soviet chemical weapons program NERFINISHED
State Research Institute of Organic Chemistry and Technology NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Tatar NERFINISHED
faced prosecution in Russia after revealing Novichok program
familyName Mirzayanov NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork chemical weapons
chemistry
givenName Vil NERFINISHED
influenced debate on chemical weapons nonproliferation
public understanding of Novichok nerve agents
knownFor disclosing secret Soviet nerve agent development
languageSpoken English
Russian
Tatar NERFINISHED
laterAllegiance Russian opposition to chemical weapons
name Vil Mirzayanov NERFINISHED
notableFor exposing the Novichok nerve agent program
notableWork Novichok: The Story of the Russian Poison NERFINISHED
occupation author
chemist
scientist
whistleblower
placeOfBirth Bashkir ASSR NERFINISHED
publicationTopic Novichok nerve agents NERFINISHED
Soviet chemical weapons program
residence United States of America
risked imprisonment for revealing state secrets
supported international chemical weapons bans
testifiedOn Novichok nerve agents in international forums

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