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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Nicola Davis Science correspondent

Was Navalny poisoning by frog toxin meant to send a message?

supporters of alexei navalny hold a banner reading 'Navalny was killed' in Berlin
Supporters of Alexei Navalny protesting outside the Russian embassy in Berlin on Monday. Photograph: Christian Mang/Reuters

It was a very particular choice of weapon, but experts say it remains unclear whether the dart frog toxin used to kill the Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was intended to convey a message.

Known as epibatidine, the poison is produced by wild dart frogs native to parts of South America – meaning Navalny could not have accidentally taken the poison.

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