US EditionNew sanctions against Moscow could follow Navalny poisoning revelations: Cooper
Analysis found Epibatidine toxin from South American dart frogs on Navalny, prompting UK and four European allies to consider coordinated sanctions against Russia.
- On Saturday, the UK Foreign Office and four allies pinned responsibility on the Kremlin, with Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper warning of `co-ordinated action` including sanctions.
- Analysis found Epibatidine on Alexei Navalny's body, showing no innocent explanation two years after his death in a Siberian penal colony.
- The five European nations reported the case to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons after accusing Moscow of breaching conventions, while Moscow denied involvement as a `planted story` and the Russian embassy in London called it `feeble-mindedness of Western fabulists`.
- The UK urged building stronger deterrents and surveillance measures to ensure national security and stressed acting alongside European and global partners to maintain pressure on the Russian regime.
- Commentators flagged the unusual nature of the poison, asking `frog or Novichok?`, as officials linked the toxin Epibatidine to the broader response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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The UK and four of its European allies – Sweden, France, Germany and the Netherlands – say the Russian state is most likely responsible for the death of Alexei Navalny, who was poisoned. According to the announcement, experts found a rare toxin, epibatidine, which comes from the poison of poison dart frogs, in samples taken from the politician’s body. The fact of the poisoning was also discussed by Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of the opposition po…
UK Considers Sanctions Against Russia After Navalny Poisoning Report
Britain will consider "increasing sanctions" against Russia following findings from five European states that opposition leader Alexei Navalny was killed by dart-frog toxin in a Russian prison, UK foreign minister Yvette Cooper said Sunday.
Britain is considering toughening sanctions against Russia after investigations by five European countries found that opposition leader Alexei Navalny was killed in a Russian prison with poisoned tree frogs, British Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper said on Sunday.
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