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Researchers say epibatidine killed Navalny

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European and South American researchers said epibatidine, a dart‑frog neurotoxin likely synthesized in a lab, killed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny in a Russian penal colony two years ago.

Le Figaro
«Seule la Russie avait les moyens, le mobile et l’opportunité d’y recourir» : la toxine qui a tué Alexeï Navalny probablement d’origine synthétique

Des experts équatoriens et colombiens estiment que l’épibatidine ayant causé la mort en 2024 de Alexeï Navalny a été synthétisée en laboratoire, jugeant irréaliste son extraction à partir de grenouilles-dards d’Équateur.

«Seule la Russie avait les moyens, le mobile et l’opportunité d’y recourir» : la toxine qui a tué Alexeï Navalny probablement d’origine synthétique
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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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Die Presse
This rare toxin is said to have killed Putin critic Navalny [premium]

Epibatidin occurs in frogs in Ecuador. Its effect is devastating.

This rare toxin is said to have killed Putin critic Navalny [premium]
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Der Spiegel
Epibatidine: This substance is said to have been used to murder Alexei Navalny

Alexei Navalny was apparently murdered with epibatidine, the toxin of a frog from Ecuador. Just a few millionths of a gram are enough to kill. Russian researchers have known for years how to synthesize the substance.

Epibatidine: This substance is said to have been used to murder Alexei Navalny
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Helsingin Sanomat
Russia | The toxin used to kill Navalny is almost impossible to obtain

The toxin from poison-dart frogs occurs only in nature in South America. Finding a suitable frog, according to an expert, is nearly impossible.

Russia | The toxin used to kill Navalny is almost impossible to obtain
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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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To Vima
Epibatidine: What it is and how the potent poison that killed Navalny works

European countries' investigations attribute the death of Alexei Navalny to a rare neurotoxin from poisonous frogs, with the Kremlin dismissing the findings as a "disinformation campaign"

Epibatidine: What it is and how the potent poison that killed Navalny works
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Público
Kremlin rejects European accusations of Navalny poisoning with frog toxin

Two years after his death, European authorities intensify accusations against Russia.

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