"Navalny died, aged 47, in an Arctic prison colony in February 2024, after being convicted of extremism and other charges, all of which he denied. Russian authorities said the politician became ill after a walk and died from natural causes. In a joint statement, the five countries said analyses of samples from Navalny's body conclusively confirmed the presence of epibatidine, a toxin found in poison dart frogs in South America and not found naturally in Russia."
"The UK said on Saturday the poisoning demonstrated an alarming pattern of behaviour. It held a public inquiry into the poisoning in the UK of Russian double agent Sergei Skripal in 2018. It concluded last year that Russian President Vladimir Putin must have ordered the Novichok nerve agent attack. Russia claimed that Navalny died of natural causes. But given the toxicity of epibatidine and reported symptoms, poisoning was highly likely the cause of his death, the joint statement said."
Five European countries — the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Sweden and the Netherlands — reported that analyses of samples from Alexey Navalny's body confirmed the presence of epibatidine, a neurotoxin secreted by poison dart frogs in South America. Navalny died aged 47 in an Arctic prison colony in February 2024 after convictions for extremism and other charges he denied; Russian authorities said he became ill after a walk and died of natural causes. The governments asserted poisoning was highly likely given the toxin's toxicity and reported symptoms, called for Russia to be held accountable under international conventions, and noted uncertainty over how samples were obtained.
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