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Frog or synthetic? Experts question origins of toxin ‘linked’ to Alexei Navalny’s death in Russia

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny (File photo) Experts believe the deadly toxin that allegedly killed Russian dissident Alexei Navalny in February 2024 was likely created in a lab rather than extracted from wild South American poison dart frogs, as claimed by multiple European nations. Five European countrieslast week said tests confirmed that Navalny was poisoned…

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‘We naturally do not accept it’: Russia rejects Alexei Navalny poisoning charge by Europeans nations

Image credit: Getty Images Russia on Monday rejected the Alexei Navalny poisoning charge by Europeans nations calling it “biased and baseless”.“We naturally do not accept such accusations. We disagree with them. We consider them biased and baseless,” AFP quoted Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov as saying.Britain, Sweden, France, Germany and the Netherlands said in a joint…

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Russia killed opposition leader Alexei Navalny using dart frog toxin, 5 European nations say

Five European countries on Saturday said tests have confirmed that Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was poisoned with a lethal toxin, accusing the Russian state of responsibility.In a joint statement, the foreign ministries of the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Sweden and the Netherlands said laboratory analysis of samples taken from Navalny detected epibatidine, a powerful…

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