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Scientific paper trail links the neurotoxin used to kill Alexey Navalny to the same Russian labs implicated in 2020 Novichok attack

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The same Moscow-based research center linked to Alexey Navalny’s 2020 poisoning — SC Signal — also played a role in synthesizing the toxin that killed the opposition leader, according to the investigative outlet Agentstvo. Navalny died in a Russian prison in 2024. Earlier this month, five European countries revealed that he was killed using epibatidine — a deadly neurotoxin that is derived from a South American frog species but can also be produ…

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New details on the murder of Alexei Navalny: Why the rare poison Epibatidine was chosen and what effects it has.

·Berlin, Germany
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ANALYSIS. Five European countries acknowledged on Saturday 14 February that the death of Russian opponent Alexey Navalny was caused by a neurotoxin, yet Russia has been carrying out toxic attacks for decades, particularly under Vladimir Putin's presidency.

·Paris, France
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Five European states have found out what the Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny died of. The nerve poison is extremely fast and deadly.Five European states have found out what the Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny died of. The nerve poison is extremely fast and deadly.The Russian opposition Alexei Navalny has been poisoned in prison.This was explained by five European states in mid-February after having tissue samples of Navalny's body examined in labora…

·Zürich, Switzerland
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watson.ch/ broke the news in Zürich, Switzerland on Wednesday, February 25, 2026.
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