British Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper said “#Russia saw #Navalny as a threat. By using this form of #poison the Russian state demonstrated the despicable tools it has at its disposal & the overwhelming fear it has of political opposition.”

Navalny, who crusaded against official #corruption & staged massive anti-Kremlin protests as #Putin’s fiercest foe, died in the Arctic penal colony in February 2024. He was serving a 19-year sentence that was politically motivated.

#law #murder

Epibatidine is a toxin found in poison dart frogs in South America that is not found naturally in #Russia, they said.

The countries said in a joint statement that “Russia had the means, motive & opportunity to administer this poison.” They said they were reporting Russia to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons [#OPCW] for a breach of the #ChemicalWeapons Convention.

#AlexeiNavalny #Navalny #law #InternationalLaw #murder #authoritarianism #MafiaState #Putin

Russian opposition leader #AlexeiNavalny was poisoned by the #Kremlin with a lethal toxin derived from the skin of poison dart frogs, 5 European countries said Saturday.

The foreign ministries of the #UK, #France, #Germany, #Sweden & the #Netherlands said analysis of samples from #Navalny, who died 2 years ago, “have conclusively confirmed the presence of epibatidine.”

#law #InternationalLaw #murder #authoritarianism #MafiaState #Putin #Russia
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