"Five European countries have accused Russia of using a toxin from dart frogs to kill the Kremlin critic. The United Kingdom, France, Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden issued a joint statement on Saturday saying they believed he had been poisoned with epibatidine a toxin found in poison dart frogs and that the Russian state had the means, motive and opportunity to administer it."
"We naturally do not accept such accusations. We disagree with them. We consider them biased and baseless, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters during a daily briefing call on Monday. In fact, we strongly reject them, he added. His comments came as dozens of Navalny's supporters and some foreign diplomats visited his grave in Moscow on Monday to mark the anniversary of his death."
"Epibatidine is found naturally in the small and brightly coloured dart frogs, which typically live in rainforests in South America. It can also be manufactured in a lab, something European scientists suspect was the case in the alleged poisoning of Navalny. The poison works on the body in a similar way to nerve agents, causing shortness of breath, convulsions, seizures, a slowed heart rate and ultimately death."
Five European countries — the United Kingdom, France, Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden — say Alexey Navalny was poisoned with epibatidine and that the Russian state had the means, motive and opportunity. Navalny died on February 16, 2024 in an Arctic prison colony while serving a 19-year sentence for extremism. The Kremlin rejected the accusations as biased and baseless through spokesman Dmitry Peskov. Dozens of supporters and some foreign diplomats visited Navalny’s grave on the anniversary of his death. Russian authorities had designated Navalny and his organisation extremist. Epibatidine is found in poison dart frogs, can be manufactured in labs, and causes nerve-agent-like symptoms. Navalny had previously survived a suspected Novichok poisoning in 2020.
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