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Kremlin Rejects European Claim Navalny Died of Poisoning

Five European nations found epibatidine toxin in Navalny's body, pointing to Russian state involvement; Kremlin denies and calls claims baseless, with Britain considering new sanctions.

  • As Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Monday, the Kremlin rejected claims by five European countries that Navalny was poisoned, calling them 'biased and unfounded.'
  • Collaborative laboratory work confirmed epibatidine in Alexei Navalny’s samples, and the U.K. Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office judged it highly likely caused his death.
  • Britain's foreign office said `We hold it responsible for his death`, while Yvette Cooper, Britain's Foreign Secretary, said Sunday they are considering `increasing sanctions on the Russian regime`; Marco Rubio, US Secretary of State, said Washington was not disputing the European assessment.
  • The U.K. filed a report with the Organisation on the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons alleging breaches of the Chemical Weapons Convention, challenging Russia's account that Navalny died of natural causes.
  • Given Navalny was also targeted in 2020, experts note epibatidine can be synthetically produced, while Lyudmila Navalnaya said, `This confirms what we knew from the very beginning. We knew that our son did not simply die in prison, he was murdered.
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Kremlin rejects European assessment Navalny died of poisoning

The Kremlin has said that it “strongly rejected” an assessment by five European countries that Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny died from poisoning...

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Anadolu Ajansı broke the news in Ankara, Türkiye on Sunday, February 15, 2026.
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