US EditionUK and Allies Says Navalny Killed with Rare Dart Frog Toxin
- On February 14, 2026, the foreign ministries of the U.K., France, Germany, Sweden and the Netherlands said analyses conclusively confirmed epibatidine on Alexei Navalny's body.
- Officials argue the Russian state had the means, motive and opportunity to poison Navalny while he was held in an Arctic penal colony in Siberia, viewing him as a regime threat.
- Scientists and ministers pointed to epibatidine as about 200 times stronger than morphine, Johann Wadephul called it `particularly strong`, and officials say how it was administered years ago remains unclear.
- Britain and allies plan to notify the OPCW and report Russia for breaching the Chemical Weapons Convention, while more than 400 people were detained in Russia after Navalny's death.
- His prior Novichok poisoning and return to Russia underscore that Yulia Navalnaya said two labs found her husband poisoned last year and she blamed Vladimir Putin.
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European allies say Navalny was poisoned by dart frog toxin; Russia rejects claims
LONDON, Feb 14 (Reuters) - Five European allies on Saturday blamed Russia for killing late Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny using toxin from poison dart frogs while he was held in an Arctic penal colony two years ago, a claim Moscow rejected as propaganda. Read full story
Russia poisoned Alexei Navalny with rare toxin - UK, allies
The United Kingdom and allies have uncovered the “brutal and barbaric circumstances” surrounding the death of Alexei Navalny in a Russian prison. The opposition leader died on February 16, 2024, at age 47, in a Russian penal colony in Siberia. His death, which coincided with the 2024 Munich Security Conference, sparked outrage. The UK said collaborative work has confirmed through laboratory testing that the deadly toxin found in the skin of Ecua…
Alexei Navalny killed by poisoned Russian dart
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was poisoned by the Kremlin with a rare and lethal toxin found in the skin of poison dart frogs, five European countries said.The foreign ministries of the UK, France, Germany, Sweden and the Netherlands said analysis in European labs of samples taken from Navalny's body "conclusively confirmed the presence of epibatidine".The neurotoxin secreted by dart frogs in South America is not found naturally in Ru…
Five Western intelligence agencies reveal that the Kremlin murdered dissident Alexei Navalny with an unusual poison from a frog that does not live in Russia.
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