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Validol

a medicinal preparation; a 25-30 percent solution of menthol in methyl isovalerate. A sedative, vasodilator, and antiemetic, validol is used in the form of drops (with sugar) or tablets for angina pectoris, neuroses, hysteria, sea-sickness, air-sickness, and vomiting during pregnancy. A 10 percent alcohol solution of validol is prescribed to relieve itchy skin.

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Police are verifying whether the identikit of the man said to be deployed by the Russian FSB to murderVladimir Putincritc Arkady Babchenko in Kiev is of an alleged assassin nicknamed 'Validol'.

'Notorious Chechen hitman' suspected to be behind plot to kill journalist who faked own death as cops arrest 'Russian spy who ordered hit'; Police in the Ukraine are probing whether an identikit sketch image of an alleged assassin who plotted to kill Arkady Babchenko shows a 'notorious Chechen hitman' nicknamed 'Validol'

The Ukrainian company Farmak VAT leads sleep aids in Bulgaria with a 38% value share in 2015 thanks to its leading sleep aids brand Validol, which has a longstanding presence in Bulgaria and has gradually become synonymous with sleep aids.

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The strong market shares of the top three companies in herbal/traditional products derive from the strong performance of their respective herbal/traditional brands Prospan, Validol and Walmarks Ginkgo Biloba, Ginseng Walmark and Echinacea.

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Earlier reports in the Ukrainian media claimed a Chechen assassin nicknamed Validol - aka Valid Lurakhmanov - could be behind the case.

Bearded former monk claims he is assassin hired by Russia to kill anti-Putin journalist who faked own death; Oleksiy Tsymbalyuk - a former monk ordained as a deacon - confessed on Facebook that he had been chosen to murder Arkady Babchenko

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