US EditionRubio says US does not dispute Navalny poisoning assessment by Europeans
Marco Rubio called the European report on Navalny's poisoning troubling and confirmed the US has no reason to dispute the findings implicating Russia.
- U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Washington is `not disputing` the five-country report but did not join because it was a European-led initiative.
- Released on Feb 14, the five-nation statement from Britain, France, Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden said laboratory analyses found epibatidine on Navalny's samples and named Russia the prime suspect.
- Navalny's widow, Yulia Navalnaya, said on Feb 14 it was now `science proven` that he had been murdered, while France's Jean-Noel Barrot paid tribute.
- At the Munich Security Conference, Britain's Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper said coordinated action, including increasing sanctions, is being considered, while Russia dismissed the allegations as `a Western propaganda hoax`.
- In broader context, experts on toxins noted the substance can also be produced synthetically instead of from the Ecuadoran poison dart frog.
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US ‘not disputing’ European report on Navalny poisoning, Rubio says
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Sunday that Washington is “not disputing” a report by five European countries that imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was fatally poisoned with a rare frog “toxin”. Rubio said the report released on Saturday by Britain, France, Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden was “very troubling”. Britain, which has outright blamed Russia for Navalny’s death, said it was considering new sanctions on …
Rubio calls European report on Navalny poisoning "troubling," says US won't challenge it
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated that Washington has no basis to challenge assessments made by several European governments regarding the alleged poisoning of Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny, during a joint press conference with Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico.
Rubio says US does not dispute Navalny poisoning assessment by Europeans
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Sunday called "troubling" a report by five European allies blaming Russia for killing late Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny using toxin from poison dart frogs, adding that Washington had no reason to question it.
Marco Rubio explains that the US has had nothing to do with the "concerning" European report but there is no reason...
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