Overview
- The United Kingdom, Sweden, France, Germany and the Netherlands said analyses of biological samples indicate Alexei Navalny was poisoned with epibatidine, a powerful toxin.
- Their joint statement argued Russia had the means, motive and opportunity to administer the poison, a claim the Kremlin dismissed as biased and unfounded.
- Moscow lodged a protest with the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, and Russia’s OPCW envoy labeled the allegation nonsensical.
- At least 14 people were detained in Russian cities as mourners marked the second anniversary, with flowers piled at Navalny’s Moscow grave visited by his mother.
- Team Navalny organized actions in more than 20 countries, with vigils documented in Berlin and Moscow despite domestic bans on such gatherings.