Navalny was poisoned by Kremlin, say 5 European countries

"The foreign ministries of the UK, France, Sweden, Germany and the Netherlands issued a statement on Saturday saying they had concluded an analysis into death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny."

"The samples from the late politician, who died in prison two years ago, "have conclusively confirmed the presence of epibatidine," a deadly toxin that comes from a South American poison dart frog."

""Only the Russian state had the combined means, motive and disregard for international law," to carry out the killing, their statement said, adding that they would report the Kremlin to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical weapons for treaty violations."

The foreign ministries of the UK, France, Sweden, Germany and the Netherlands concluded an analysis into the death of Alexei Navalny. Samples from the late politician, who died in prison two years ago, conclusively confirmed the presence of epibatidine. Epibatidine is a deadly toxin that comes from a South American poison dart frog. The ministries said only the Russian state had the combined means, motive and disregard for international law to carry out the killing. The ministries said they will report the Kremlin to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons for treaty violations. The finding attributes state responsibility for the poisoning.

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