Allies confirm Russia poisoned Navalny

Cooper defends Palestine Action ban despite court ruling it was unlawful – UK politics live

High court said the then home secretary had not followed her own policies when bringing in the ban last summer Shadow foreign secretary, Priti Patel , said she was “appalled” by the high court’s ruling on Friday that the proscription of Palestine Action was unlawful and supports the government’s intention to appeal against the decision (see post at 09. 35 for more details). Speaking to Sky News this morning, Patel, a former home secretary between July 2019 and Septmeber 2022, said: I’m pretty appalled by that ruling, and clearly it’s now going to be subject to a legal appeal. And I think it’s right that it should be appealed. . . It is right that they feel the full force of our laws, including the proscription that has been put in place. They are on par with how terrorist organisations conduct themselves, and they plan their attacks. Four directors of communications Two chiefs of staff Two cabinet secretaries US ambassador Continue reading. . .

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Tim Bale

@timbale.bsky.social

You don’t do this unless you want people to notice. Yet another F.U. to the West by Putin and his henchmen.

Russia killed Alexei Navalny with frog toxin, UK and four European allies say

Intelligence agencies say deadly toxin in skin of Ecuador dart frogs found in Navalny’s body and highly likely resulted in his death

www.theguardian.com

February 15, 2026 at 8:30 AM

The Sidney Morning Herald

Frog poison killed Russian opposition leader

A deadly toxin found in dart frogs was used to poison Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, multiple countries have said.

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Scott Lucas

@scottlucas.bsky.social

Intell agencies of UK, France, Germany, Sweden & Netherlands

#Russia opposition leader #AlexeiNavalny, who perished in Arctic penal colony 2 years ago, killed by dart frog poison administered by Russian State operatives

#Navalny widow: "Now there is proof: #Putin killed Alexei w a chemical weapon"

Scott Lucas @scottlucas.bsky.social · 4h

#UkraineWar, Day 1,452: #Zelensky Calls for 20-Year Security Guarantee

#Ukraine #Russia #TrumpRussia #MunichSecurityConference

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Ukraine War, Day 1,452: Zelensky Calls for 20-Year Security Guarantee - EA WorldView

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky calls for security guarantee of 20+ years in any agreement to end Russia's 4-year full-scale invasion.

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February 15, 2026 at 7:30 AM

The Independent

Navalny died after being poisoned with dart frog toxin by Russia, UK says

Britain and its allies said only Russia would have the ‘means, motive and disregard’ to launch such an attack - as his widow calls for Putin to be held accountable

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The Independent

What is dart frog toxin, the poison linked to Alexei Navalny’s death?

The toxin is reportedly 100 times more powerful than morphine

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ABC News Bot (unofficial)

@abcnewsbot.bsky.social

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was poisoned by the Kremlin with a rare and lethal toxin found in the skin of poison dart frogs, five European countries have said. It's not the first time the country has been accused of poisoning its enemies.

Frog toxins the latest poison identified in long line of Russian chemical attacks

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was poisoned by the Kremlin with a rare and lethal toxin found in the skin of poison dart frogs, five European countries have said. It's not the first time the country has been accused of poisoning its enemies.

www.abc.net.au

February 15, 2026 at 6:18 AM

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Ian Hall

@drianhall.bsky.social

Poison dart frogs. Notoriously native to Siberia. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Russia killed opposition leader Alexei Navalny using toxin from dart frog, UK says

There is no innocent explanation for the toxin being found in samples taken from Navalny's body, Foreign Office says.

www.bbc.co.uk

February 15, 2026 at 3:06 AM

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Michael McFaul

@mcfaulmike.bsky.social

Reupping from exactly 2 years ago:

"Vladimir Putin killed my friend Alexei Navalny this week."

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Opinion | Goodbye to my fearless friend, Alexei Navalny

Alexei Navalny dreamed of a free Russia. Barbaric dictators such as Putin can kill men, but they cannot kill ideas.

www.washingtonpost.com

February 15, 2026 at 1:06 AM

by Michael McFaul

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La Repubblica

The lethal weapon used to kill Navalny: epibatidine, from forests to secret laboratories

Discovered in 1974 by an American biochemist, but probably developed in top-secret laboratories by Russia for at least twenty years, it is a neurotoxin produced by the dendrobatid family, known as poison-dart frogs.

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The New York Times

@nytimes.com

Aleksei Navalny was most likely poisoned by a toxin found in a South American frog, five European countries said Saturday, making the most concrete Western accusation yet that Russia’s leading opposition figure was murdered by his government in a prison two years ago. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/w...

February 14, 2026 at 11:20 PM

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Fionnuala NÍ Aoláin KC (Hons)

@niaolainf.bsky.social

“UK confirms Russia poisoned Navalny in prison with rare toxin.”

www.gov.uk/government/n...

UK confirms Russia poisoned Navalny in prison with rare toxin

UK and partners are today exposing the tragic circumstances surrounding Alexei Navalny's death and have confirmed there was poison found in samples from his body.

www.gov.uk

February 14, 2026 at 10:29 PM

The Independent

What is dart frog toxin, the poison linked to Alexei Navalny’s death?

The toxin is reportedly 100 times more powerful than morphine

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southpaw

@nycsouthpaw.bsky.social

UK government: “consistent, collaborative work has confirmed through laboratory testing that the deadly toxin found in the skin of Ecuador dart frogs (epibatidine) was found in samples from Alexei Navalny’s body and highly likely resulted in his death” www.gov.uk/government/n...