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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
David Lynch

Britain blames Russia for poisoning Alexei Navalny with dart frog toxin

A protester holding a picture of Alexei Navalny at a protest opposite the Russian Embassy in London in 2024 (Jonathan Brady/PA) - (PA Archive)

Britain has blamed the Kremlin for killing opposition leader Alexei Navalny, which it said was likely done using a poison developed from a dart frog toxin.

Two years on from the death of Mr Navalny at a Siberian penal colony, the UK and its allies have pinned the blame on the Russian state following analysis of material samples found on his body.

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