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Five European countries have accused Russia of using a toxin from dart frogs to kill the Kremlin critic.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\nListen to this article<\/span>\u00a0|\u00a0<\/span>2 mins<\/span><\/p>\n<\/button>info<\/title><path class=\"icon-main-color\" d=\"M12 0a12 12 0 1 0 0 24 12 12 0 0 0 0-24Zm-.226 3.225a2.039 2.039 0 0 1 2.155 1.924v.193a1.998 1.998 0 0 1-2.155 2.149 2.029 2.029 0 0 1-2.146-2.15 2.039 2.039 0 0 1 1.955-2.122h.193l-.002.006Zm3.227 15.525a.75.75 0 0 1-.752.75H9.75a.75.75 0 0 1-.75-.75v-1.5a.75.75 0 0 1 .752-.75h.748V12h-.75a.75.75 0 0 1-.75-.75v-1.5a.75.75 0 0 1 .752-.751h3a.75.75 0 0 1 .75.752v6.75h.75a.75.75 0 0 1 .75.749L15 18.75Z\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-dates\">\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Published On 16 Feb 2026<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">16 Feb 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-share\" data-testid=\"rich-share\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__button-wrapper\"><button class=\"rich-share__button row\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><\/p>\n<p>Click here to share on social media<\/p>\n<p><svg class=\"icon icon--share2 icon--primary icon--16 \" viewbox=\"0 0 20 16\" version=\"1.1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><title>share2<\/title><path fill=\"#000\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M11.688 9.048c-.659 0-1.252.282-1.673.733l-4.92-2.45c.016-.115.028-.232.028-.352 0-.117-.011-.23-.027-.343l4.913-2.423a2.285 2.285 0 0 0 1.68.739C12.964 4.952 14 3.899 14 2.6 14 1.302 12.965.25 11.688.25S9.377 1.302 9.377 2.601c0 .117.01.23.027.343L4.49 5.367a2.285 2.285 0 0 0-1.68-.739C1.536 4.628.5 5.681.5 6.979c0 1.299 1.035 2.35 2.312 2.35.659 0 1.252-.281 1.673-.731l4.92 2.45a2.357 2.357 0 0 0-.029.351c0 1.299 1.035 2.351 2.312 2.351S14 12.698 14 11.399s-1.035-2.35-2.312-2.35Z\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"rich-share__social-text\">Share<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>The Kremlin has \u201cstrongly\u201d rejected an assessment by five European countries that the Russian state killed jailed opposition leader Alexey Navalny by poisoning him.<\/p>\n<p>Navalny, President Vladimir Putin\u2019s fiercest domestic opponent for years, died in an Arctic prison colony on February 16, 2024 while serving a 19-year sentence for \u201cextremism\u201d, a charge he and his supporters said was punishment for his opposition work.<\/p>\n<section class=\"more-on\">\n<h2 class=\"more-on__heading\">Recommended Stories<!-- --> <\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 3 items<\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>The United Kingdom, France, Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden issued a joint statement on Saturday saying they believed he had been poisoned with epibatidine \u2013 a toxin found in poison dart frogs \u2013 and that the Russian state had the \u201cmeans, motive and opportunity\u201d to administer it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe naturally do not accept such accusations. We disagree with them. We consider them biased and baseless,\u201d Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters during a daily briefing call on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn fact, we strongly reject them,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>His comments came as dozens of Navalny\u2019s supporters and some foreign diplomats visited his grave in Moscow on Monday to mark the anniversary of his death. Some of those who attended wore masks or scarves over their faces.<\/p>\n<p>Russian authorities designated Navalny and his organisation \u201cextremist\u201d before his death at the age of 47, and anyone who mentions him or his exiled anticorruption foundation is liable for prosecution.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>The poison works\u00a0on the body in a similar way to nerve agents, causing shortness of breath, convulsions, seizures, a slowed heart rate and ultimately death.<\/p>\n<p>Navalny had already survived a suspected poisoning with the Novichok nerve agent in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Two years ago, Russia\u2019s prison service said the Yale-educated lawyer died after going for a walk and falling ill. Since Navalny\u2019s death, Russia\u2019s opposition has remained largely exiled and fragmented.<\/p>\n<p>Navalny\u2019s widow, Yulia Navalnaya, pledged to take the mantle of Russia\u2019s opposition in the wake of his death but has struggled to galvanise widespread support.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Five European countries have accused Russia of using a toxin from dart frogs to kill the Kremlin critic. Listen to this article\u00a0|\u00a02 mins info Published On 16 Feb 202616 Feb 2026 Click here to share on social media share2 Share The Kremlin has \u201cstrongly\u201d rejected an assessment by five European countries that the Russian state […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12234,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-europe-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12381"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12381\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Listen to this article<\/span>\u00a0|\u00a0<\/span>2 mins<\/span><\/p>\n<\/button>info<\/title><path class=\"icon-main-color\" d=\"M12 0a12 12 0 1 0 0 24 12 12 0 0 0 0-24Zm-.226 3.225a2.039 2.039 0 0 1 2.155 1.924v.193a1.998 1.998 0 0 1-2.155 2.149 2.029 2.029 0 0 1-2.146-2.15 2.039 2.039 0 0 1 1.955-2.122h.193l-.002.006Zm3.227 15.525a.75.75 0 0 1-.752.75H9.75a.75.75 0 0 1-.75-.75v-1.5a.75.75 0 0 1 .752-.75h.748V12h-.75a.75.75 0 0 1-.75-.75v-1.5a.75.75 0 0 1 .752-.751h3a.75.75 0 0 1 .75.752v6.75h.75a.75.75 0 0 1 .75.749L15 18.75Z\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-dates\">\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Published On 16 Feb 2026<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">16 Feb 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-share\" data-testid=\"rich-share\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__button-wrapper\"><button class=\"rich-share__button row\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><\/p>\n<p>Click here to share on social media<\/p>\n<p><svg class=\"icon icon--share2 icon--primary icon--16 \" viewbox=\"0 0 20 16\" version=\"1.1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><title>share2<\/title><path fill=\"#000\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M11.688 9.048c-.659 0-1.252.282-1.673.733l-4.92-2.45c.016-.115.028-.232.028-.352 0-.117-.011-.23-.027-.343l4.913-2.423a2.285 2.285 0 0 0 1.68.739C12.964 4.952 14 3.899 14 2.6 14 1.302 12.965.25 11.688.25S9.377 1.302 9.377 2.601c0 .117.01.23.027.343L4.49 5.367a2.285 2.285 0 0 0-1.68-.739C1.536 4.628.5 5.681.5 6.979c0 1.299 1.035 2.35 2.312 2.35.659 0 1.252-.281 1.673-.731l4.92 2.45a2.357 2.357 0 0 0-.029.351c0 1.299 1.035 2.351 2.312 2.351S14 12.698 14 11.399s-1.035-2.35-2.312-2.35Z\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"rich-share__social-text\">Share<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>The Kremlin has \u201cstrongly\u201d rejected an assessment by five European countries that the Russian state killed jailed opposition leader Alexey Navalny by poisoning him.<\/p>\n<p>Navalny, President Vladimir Putin\u2019s fiercest domestic opponent for years, died in an Arctic prison colony on February 16, 2024 while serving a 19-year sentence for \u201cextremism\u201d, a charge he and his supporters said was punishment for his opposition work.<\/p>\n<section class=\"more-on\">\n<h2 class=\"more-on__heading\">Recommended Stories<!-- --> <\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 3 items<\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>The United Kingdom, France, Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden issued a joint statement on Saturday saying they believed he had been poisoned with epibatidine \u2013 a toxin found in poison dart frogs \u2013 and that the Russian state had the \u201cmeans, motive and opportunity\u201d to administer it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe naturally do not accept such accusations. We disagree with them. We consider them biased and baseless,\u201d Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters during a daily briefing call on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn fact, we strongly reject them,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>His comments came as dozens of Navalny\u2019s supporters and some foreign diplomats visited his grave in Moscow on Monday to mark the anniversary of his death. Some of those who attended wore masks or scarves over their faces.<\/p>\n<p>Russian authorities designated Navalny and his organisation \u201cextremist\u201d before his death at the age of 47, and anyone who mentions him or his exiled anticorruption foundation is liable for prosecution.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>The poison works\u00a0on the body in a similar way to nerve agents, causing shortness of breath, convulsions, seizures, a slowed heart rate and ultimately death.<\/p>\n<p>Navalny had already survived a suspected poisoning with the Novichok nerve agent in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Two years ago, Russia\u2019s prison service said the Yale-educated lawyer died after going for a walk and falling ill. Since Navalny\u2019s death, Russia\u2019s opposition has remained largely exiled and fragmented.<\/p>\n<p>Navalny\u2019s widow, Yulia Navalnaya, pledged to take the mantle of Russia\u2019s opposition in the wake of his death but has struggled to galvanise widespread support.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Five European countries have accused Russia of using a toxin from dart frogs to kill the Kremlin critic. Listen to this article\u00a0|\u00a02 mins info Published On 16 Feb 202616 Feb 2026 Click here to share on social media share2 Share The Kremlin has \u201cstrongly\u201d rejected an assessment by five European countries that the Russian state […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12234,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-europe-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12381"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12381\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
<\/button>info<\/title><path class=\"icon-main-color\" d=\"M12 0a12 12 0 1 0 0 24 12 12 0 0 0 0-24Zm-.226 3.225a2.039 2.039 0 0 1 2.155 1.924v.193a1.998 1.998 0 0 1-2.155 2.149 2.029 2.029 0 0 1-2.146-2.15 2.039 2.039 0 0 1 1.955-2.122h.193l-.002.006Zm3.227 15.525a.75.75 0 0 1-.752.75H9.75a.75.75 0 0 1-.75-.75v-1.5a.75.75 0 0 1 .752-.75h.748V12h-.75a.75.75 0 0 1-.75-.75v-1.5a.75.75 0 0 1 .752-.751h3a.75.75 0 0 1 .75.752v6.75h.75a.75.75 0 0 1 .75.749L15 18.75Z\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-dates\">\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Published On 16 Feb 2026<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">16 Feb 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-share\" data-testid=\"rich-share\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__button-wrapper\"><button class=\"rich-share__button row\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><\/p>\n<p>Click here to share on social media<\/p>\n<p><svg class=\"icon icon--share2 icon--primary icon--16 \" viewbox=\"0 0 20 16\" version=\"1.1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><title>share2<\/title><path fill=\"#000\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M11.688 9.048c-.659 0-1.252.282-1.673.733l-4.92-2.45c.016-.115.028-.232.028-.352 0-.117-.011-.23-.027-.343l4.913-2.423a2.285 2.285 0 0 0 1.68.739C12.964 4.952 14 3.899 14 2.6 14 1.302 12.965.25 11.688.25S9.377 1.302 9.377 2.601c0 .117.01.23.027.343L4.49 5.367a2.285 2.285 0 0 0-1.68-.739C1.536 4.628.5 5.681.5 6.979c0 1.299 1.035 2.35 2.312 2.35.659 0 1.252-.281 1.673-.731l4.92 2.45a2.357 2.357 0 0 0-.029.351c0 1.299 1.035 2.351 2.312 2.351S14 12.698 14 11.399s-1.035-2.35-2.312-2.35Z\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"rich-share__social-text\">Share<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>The Kremlin has \u201cstrongly\u201d rejected an assessment by five European countries that the Russian state killed jailed opposition leader Alexey Navalny by poisoning him.<\/p>\n<p>Navalny, President Vladimir Putin\u2019s fiercest domestic opponent for years, died in an Arctic prison colony on February 16, 2024 while serving a 19-year sentence for \u201cextremism\u201d, a charge he and his supporters said was punishment for his opposition work.<\/p>\n<section class=\"more-on\">\n<h2 class=\"more-on__heading\">Recommended Stories<!-- --> <\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 3 items<\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>The United Kingdom, France, Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden issued a joint statement on Saturday saying they believed he had been poisoned with epibatidine \u2013 a toxin found in poison dart frogs \u2013 and that the Russian state had the \u201cmeans, motive and opportunity\u201d to administer it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe naturally do not accept such accusations. We disagree with them. We consider them biased and baseless,\u201d Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters during a daily briefing call on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn fact, we strongly reject them,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>His comments came as dozens of Navalny\u2019s supporters and some foreign diplomats visited his grave in Moscow on Monday to mark the anniversary of his death. Some of those who attended wore masks or scarves over their faces.<\/p>\n<p>Russian authorities designated Navalny and his organisation \u201cextremist\u201d before his death at the age of 47, and anyone who mentions him or his exiled anticorruption foundation is liable for prosecution.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>The poison works\u00a0on the body in a similar way to nerve agents, causing shortness of breath, convulsions, seizures, a slowed heart rate and ultimately death.<\/p>\n<p>Navalny had already survived a suspected poisoning with the Novichok nerve agent in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Two years ago, Russia\u2019s prison service said the Yale-educated lawyer died after going for a walk and falling ill. Since Navalny\u2019s death, Russia\u2019s opposition has remained largely exiled and fragmented.<\/p>\n<p>Navalny\u2019s widow, Yulia Navalnaya, pledged to take the mantle of Russia\u2019s opposition in the wake of his death but has struggled to galvanise widespread support.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Five European countries have accused Russia of using a toxin from dart frogs to kill the Kremlin critic. 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