Russia poisoned Alexei Navalny with dart frog toxin, European nations say

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Five European nations (UK, France, Germany, Sweden, and the Netherlands) jointly announced that Alexei Navalny was poisoned by Russia using epibatidine, a rare neurotoxin derived from South American dart frogs. Analysis of samples taken from Navalny's body confirmed the presence of the toxin, which is not naturally found in Russia. The countries asserted that Russia had the means, motive, and opportunity to administer the poison. This announcement coincides with Navalny's widow, Yulia Navalnaya, attending the Munich Security Conference as the second anniversary of his death approaches. The five nations are reporting Russia to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons for violating the Chemical Weapons Convention.

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The five countries are reporting Russia to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons for a breach of the Chemical Weapons Convention.

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Epibatidine is a neurotoxin found in the skin of dart frogs in South America that is not found naturally in Russia.

factualThe foreign ministries of the UK, France, Germany, Sweden and the Netherlands

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Analysis of samples taken from Navalny’s body conclusively confirmed the presence of epibatidine.

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Alexei Navalny was poisoned by the Kremlin with a rare and lethal toxin.

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Russia had the means, motive and opportunity to administer this poison.

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Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was poisoned by the Kremlin with a rare and lethal toxin found in the skin of poison dart frogs, five European countries said on Saturday.The foreign ministries of the UK, France, Germany, Sweden and the Netherlands said analysis of samples taken from Navalny’s body “conclusively confirmed the presence of epibatidine”.It is a neurotoxin found in the skin of dart frogs in South America that is not found naturally in Russia, they said.A joint statement said: “Russia had the means, motive and opportunity to administer this poison.”They five countries said they were reporting Russia to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons for a breach of the Chemical Weapons Convention.Yulia Navalnaya, human rights activist and wife of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, gives a press statement on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference in Germany on Saturday. Photo: dpa via APThe announcement came as Navalny’s widow, Yulia Navalnaya, attended the Munich Security Conference in Germany as the second anniversary of Navalny’s death approaches.

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