UK says Russia killed Navalny using dart frog toxin
International Desk Published: 14 February 2026, 07:31 PM
Alexey Navalny, 2nd from right, pictured with his family at his Charite hospital bed where he was hospitalised in Berlin, Germany. – Instagram/Alexei Navalny
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was killed using a poison developed from a dart frog toxin, the Foreign Office has said.
Two years on from the death of Navalny at a Siberian penal colony, Britain and its allies have pinned the blame on the Kremlin following analysis of material samples found on his body.
There is no innocent explanation for the toxin, called epibatidine, being found in samples taken from Navalny's body, the Foreign Office said.
Speaking from the Munich Security Conference, Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper said: "Only the Russian government had the means, motive and opportunity to deploy this lethal toxin against Alexei Navalny during his imprisonment in Russia."
Source: BBC