politics
February 15, 2026
Claims of Navalny's poisoning are Western propaganda hoax
Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has dismissed claims that blogger Alexey Navalny was poisoned with frog-derived poison
TL;DR
- Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova dismissed claims of Alexey Navalny being poisoned with frog-derived poison as a Western propaganda hoax.
- Zakharova stated that Russia would comment once test results and formulas are disclosed, calling current assertions propaganda to divert attention from Western issues.
- She highlighted a pattern of such allegations emerging when other investigations, such as the Nord Stream explosions, were nearing results.
- Germany, Britain, the Netherlands, Sweden, and France jointly claimed Navalny was poisoned with epibatidine, a toxin from a poison dart frog, based on biological sample analyses.
- These countries accused Russia of violating the Chemical Weapons Convention.
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