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UK and Allies Says Navalny Killed with Rare Dart Frog Toxin
Five European governments confirmed epibatidine poisoning of Navalny in a Russian penal colony and reported Russia to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.
- 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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UK mulls Russia sanctions over Navalny poisoning
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. "We continue to look at coordinated action, including increasing sanctions on the Russian regime," Cooper told the BBC from the Munich Security Conference, where the UK, France, Germany, the Netherlands and S…
European nations say Navalny was poisoned by frog toxin
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny died in prison after being poisoned by a frog toxin, five European countries said Saturday.Their finding, based on samples from Navalny’s body, marked the “most concrete Western accusation yet” that Russian authorities killed him in 2024, The New York Times wrote; Moscow said he died of natural causes. The UK is mulling fresh sanctions on Russia, as European leaders more urgently stress the threat posed b…
Navalny Frog Poison Bombshell Rocks Europe
Five Western European nations — the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Sweden, and the Netherlands — have released a joint assessment concluding that Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was killed by poisoning with a rare toxin while imprisoned in Russia. According to the joint statement, laboratory analysis of samples from Navalny’s body “conclusively confirmed the presence of epibatidine,” a lethal neurotoxin naturally found in South Americ…
Western laboratories have found evidence that Alexey Navalnyi was murdered in a Russian penal camp. Epibatidine was detected during analyses.
Five European countries, including Britain, France and Germany, accused Russia of poisoning opposition leader Alexei Navalnien prison in 2024 using a "rare toxin."The information was released this Saturday in the framework of the Munich Security Conference.Read more
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