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European allies confirm Alexei Navalny was killed with epibatidine, a rare toxin from Amazonian dart frogs, implicating the Kremlin.

Western intelligence agencies have confirmed that Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was assassinated using epibatidine, a rare and potent neurotoxin derived from South American poison dart frogs.
The mystery surrounding the death of Alexei Navalny in a Siberian penal colony has been pierced by a chilling forensic revelation. Five European nations, including the UK, France, and Germany, have jointly stated that the Kremlin's fiercest critic was silenced not by natural causes, but by epibatidine—a biological weapon 200 times more potent than morphine. The findings confirm the darkest suspicions held by Navalny's widow, Yulia Navalnaya, and his legion of supporters worldwide.
“Russia had the means, motive, and opportunity,” declared the UK Foreign Office. The use of such an exotic toxin—found in nature only in the skin of the Ecuadorian poison dart frog (Epipedobates)—points to a sophisticated, state-sponsored assassination program rather than a rogue operation.
Epibatidine is a nightmare molecule. Structurally similar to nicotine but exponentially more lethal, it binds to receptors in the nervous system, causing paralysis, respiratory failure, and death. It is not found in Russia. It cannot be bought at a pharmacy. Its presence in Navalny’s system is a forensic fingerprint that points directly to a specialized laboratory.
For observers in Nairobi and across Africa, where political assassinations have historically relied on the bullet or the bomb, this introduces a terrifying new dimension to statecraft. The weaponization of biology signals that authoritarian regimes are willing to cross any ethical line to eliminate dissent. It is a grim reminder that in the modern era, a prison cell offers no protection against a state determined to kill.
The Kremlin has dismissed the findings as an "information campaign," a standard denial in the face of mounting scientific evidence. But for the global community, the message is clear: Navalny was not just imprisoned; he was hunted down, even behind bars, with a weapon drawn from the depths of the Amazon.
Justice for Navalny may never come from a Russian court, but history has now recorded the weapon of his murder.
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