Britain, France, Germany, Sweden and the Netherlands said on Saturday (14 February) they are convinced that late Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny was poisoned with a lethal toxin in a Russian penal colony two years ago.
The governments issued a joint statement in London, saying analyses of Navalny’s samples conclusively confirmed the presence of epibatidine, a powerful toxin found in South American poison dart frogs and not naturally occurring in Russia.
The statement said the findings support the conclusion that Navalny’s death was caused by deliberate poisoning.
Russia has denied any responsibility for the incident.
Alexei Navalny was a Russian lawyer, anti-corruption campaigner, and opposition politician who became one of the most prominent critics of President Vladimir Putin.
Born in 1976, he gained national recognition by exposing government corruption through his Anti-Corruption Foundation and organising mass protests, earning a significant following online.
His activism made him a target for repeated legal challenges, and he was serving a 19-year prison sentence on charges widely considered politically motivated.
Navalny survived a suspected poisoning in 2020, believed to be carried out with a Russian-made nerve agent, and was medically evacuated to Germany.
In January 2024, while in a high-security penal colony in the Arctic Circle, he fell seriously ill and died in custody.
Navalny became an international symbol of resistance to authoritarianism, drawing global attention to corruption and human rights abuses in Russia. His death sparked widespread condemnation from Western governments, while the Kremlin denied responsibility.
Despite his passing, his allies and foundation members continue to face prosecution, and his activism has left a lasting impact on Russian civil society and the global discourse on Russian governance.
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