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Probe shows epibatidine killed Navalny

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A new investigation found that Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was assassinated by epibatidine, a dart‑frog nerve toxin, after dying in a Russian prison on Feb. 16, 2024.

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

Yvette Cooper may think so, and use of epibatidine may seem exotic, but experts say situation is more ambiguous 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. Continue reading. . .

Was Navalny poisoning by frog toxin meant to send a message?
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NRC
Navalny murdered with a potent nerve toxin from a rare poison-dart frog: how could that toxin have been used in Russia?

The Russian opposition leader, who died exactly two years ago in a Russian penal camp, was poisoned with venom from a rare poison-dart frog.

Navalny murdered with a potent nerve toxin from a rare poison-dart frog: how could that toxin have been used in Russia?
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Der Standard
Epibatidin: The frog toxin with which Nawalny was likely killed

An alkaloid from the skin glands of South American frogs was detected in tissue samples of the late Russian opposition figure. Even tiny amounts can be deadly.

Epibatidin: The frog toxin with which Nawalny was likely killed
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Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
Jahrestag der Ermordung: Nawalnyjs Strahlkraft ist stärker als Gift

Das Grab von Alexej Nawalnyj ist zu einer Pilgerstätte der unzufriedenen Russen geworden. Die Anhänger des Ermordeten erhalten weiterhin harte Gefängnisstrafen.

Jahrestag der Ermordung: Nawalnyjs Strahlkraft ist stärker als Gift
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El Pais
How the toxin from the poison-dart frog that killed Navalny acts: it attacks the nervous system and is lethal at an infinitesimally small dose

Epibatidine, secreted by the Ecuadorian poison-dart frog, can be synthesized in high-tech laboratories and is up to 200 times more potent than morphine.

How the toxin from the poison-dart frog that killed Navalny acts: it attacks the nervous system and is lethal at an infinitesimally small dose
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