Russia killed opposition leader Alexei Navalny using dart frog toxin, UK says
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The UK and its European allies have accused Russia of killing opposition leader Alexei Navalny with a poison derived from dart frog toxin, epibatidine. The accusation follows analysis of samples taken from Navalny's body after his death in a Siberian penal colony on February 16, 2024. Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper stated that only the Russian government had the means, motive, and opportunity to use such a poison. The allies issued a joint statement holding Russia responsible, citing the toxin's unnatural presence in Navalny's body and Russia's fear of political opposition. Russia has dismissed the finding as an information campaign. The UK has informed the Organisation on the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons of Russia's alleged breach of the Chemical Weapons Convention.
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