Five European Governments Say Russian State Poisoned Navalny With Rare Frog Toxin

Overview

• UK, France, Germany, Sweden and the Netherlands report independent analyses detected epibatidine in samples from Alexei Navalny’s remains.
• The governments say only the Russian state had the means, motive and opportunity to administer the potent toxin while he was in custody, assigning state responsibility for his 2024 death.
• London and its partners have lodged a complaint with the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, citing a breach of the Chemical Weapons Convention.
• Moscow rejects the accusation as Western propaganda, while the United States did not sign the joint statement but says it does not dispute the European findings, according to Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
• Yulia Navalnaya welcomes what she calls scientific proof of poisoning and Navalny’s mother calls for justice on the second anniversary of his death, as officials decline to specify where or when the testing occurred or how the toxin was delivered.