Rostov, Vladimir

Rostov, Vladimir, 197-8 Krappitz nerve gas arsenal, 56, 61 Kraz, Dr 55... 

Vladimir I. Minkin (157), Institute of Physical and Organic Chemistry, Rostov State University, 344090 Rostov-on-Don, Russia... 

Two chapters deal with the increasing influence in heterocyclic chemistry of unusual heteroatoms. Igor D. Sadekov and Vladimir I. Minkin of Rostov University (Russia) survey the chemistry of tellurium-containing heterocycles with two heteroatoms, while Allan Blackman of the University of Otago (New Zealand) summarizes the influence of metals on the reactivity of heterocyclic ligands in his chapter, Reactions of Coordinated Ligands. ... 

The clue came from Paris, where another Bulgarian exile, Vladimir Rostov, was living. Like Markov, Rostov was a journalist. When he read of his colleague s death in the newspapers, Rostov recalled how he had felt a sharp pain in his back while riding the Paris Metro some ten days earlier. Rostov too had developed a fever, although in his case it had subsided after three or four days. Now Rostov requested a thorough medical examination. 

Shortly before the death of Mr. Markov, another Bulgarian dissident living in Paris, Vladimir Kostov, was shot at by something that sounded like an air pistol. For 12 days after the incident he was hospitalised for a fever. Examination by X-ray revealed a pellet in Mr. Rostov s back which was later shown to be identical with the one found in the thigh of Mr. Markov. 

Fig. 18-2. A pellet of this type, designed to contain ricin toxin, was used to assassinate Georgi Markov in London and in the attempt on the life of Vladimir Rostov in Paris. The tiny, platinum-iridium pellet—the size of the head of a pin (0.068 in. diameter)—was cross-drilled with 0.016-in. holes in which ricin (or another toxin) could be placed. Reprinted from van Keuren RT. Chemical and Biological Warfare, An Investigative Guide. Washington, DC Office of Enforcement, Strategic Investigations Division, US Customs Service October 1990 90.

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