Europeans say Russia poisoned dissident Alexey Navalny with dart frog toxin

Al Jazeera · Feb 15, 2026 · Collected from RSS

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Five European countries say lab tests conclude that Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny was killed in 2024.

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NewsFeedFive European countries say lab tests conclude that Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny was killed in 2024 by a rare dart frog toxin while serving a 19-year sentence in a Siberia prison. Moscow rejects the claim as Western disinformation, insisting he died of natural causes.Published On 15 Feb 2026

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South China Morning Post4 days ago
Russia demands ‘concrete’ proof that it poisoned Navalny with dart frog toxin
Russia is demanding that European countries who accused Moscow of poisoning Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny with a dart frog toxin provide concrete data to support their allegation, according to Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova. Britain, France, Germany, Sweden and the Netherlands said on Saturday that analyses of samples from Navalny’s body had confirmed the presence of epibatidine, a toxin found in poison dart frogs in South America and not found naturally in Russia. They said Moscow...

France 245 days ago
Why Russia may have turned to dart‑frog toxin epibatidine to poison Navalny
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DW News6 days ago
The frog poison that killed Alexei Navalny likely lab-made
A rare frog poison has been named as the cause of Russian democracy fighter Alexei Navalny's 2024 death. But it's unlikely to have come from a frog.
A rare frog poison has been named as the cause of Russian democracy fighter Alexei Navalny's 2024 death. But it's unlikely to have come from a frog.

The Hill6 days ago
Russia: Claims Navalny was poisoned with dart frog toxin 'not based on anything'
The Kremlin denied Monday that it fatally poisoned former Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny in 2024, after five European countries said Saturday the 47-year-old was poisoned via a lethal toxin and pointed to Russia as the culprit. "Naturally, we do not accept such accusations. We disagree with them. We consider them biased and not based...

Euronews6 days ago
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Epibatidine, found in the Ecuadoran dart frog, causes muscle paralysis and eventual asphyxiation. Experts have said the toxin can also be produced synthetically, instead of extracting it directly from the frog itself.

Euronews6 days ago
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Relatives and diplomats mark Alexei Navalny’s death in Moscow, as his family demands truth and Europe cites lab tests pointing to rare toxin poisoning.