{"id":65685,"date":"2026-02-16T11:30:34","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T11:30:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/alexey-navalnys-mom-hopes-for-justice-as-russia-rejects-dart-frog-poisoning-assessment-by-european-nations\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T11:30:34","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T11:30:34","slug":"alexey-navalnys-mom-hopes-for-justice-as-russia-rejects-dart-frog-poisoning-assessment-by-european-nations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/alexey-navalnys-mom-hopes-for-justice-as-russia-rejects-dart-frog-poisoning-assessment-by-european-nations\/","title":{"rendered":"Alexey Navalny&#8217;s mom hopes for justice as Russia rejects dart frog poisoning assessment by European nations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>The mother of deceased Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny said Monday she felt vindicated by a European <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/alexei-navalny-death-poison-russia-opposition-europe\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">assessment that her son died of poisoning<\/a><\/span> in a remote penal colony. She called for justice as Russia&#8217;s government rejected the European claim, and as the late dissident&#8217;s supporters marked two years since his death.<\/p>\n<p>Navalny, Russian President Vladimir Putin&#8217;s fiercest domestic opponent, <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/alexey-navalnys-team-confirms-the-death-of-putin-critic-says-his-mother-is-searching-for-his-body\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">died in an Arctic prison colony<\/a><\/span> in February 2024 while serving a 19-year sentence.<\/p>\n<p> Britain, Sweden, France, Germany and the Netherlands issued a joint statement Saturday saying they believed he was poisoned with epibatidine, a toxin found in poison dart frogs. They based their assessment on samples taken from his body, the statement said.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;This confirms what we knew from the very beginning. We knew that our son did not simply die in prison, he was murdered,&#8221; Navalny&#8217;s mother Lyudmila Navalnaya told reporters outside the cemetery where he was buried in Moscow. &#8220;I think it will take some time, but we will find out who did it. Of course, we want this to happen in our country, and we want justice to prevail.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/16\/06f25c2d-c934-4cb9-a4dc-5b6f2b63b122\/thumbnail\/620x413\/d39989caf596ddec792a5d4af2a519ba\/alexey-navalny-mother-ap26047280482375.jpg#\" alt=\"APTOPIX Russia Navalny Anniversary \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/16\/06f25c2d-c934-4cb9-a4dc-5b6f2b63b122\/thumbnail\/620x413\/d39989caf596ddec792a5d4af2a519ba\/alexey-navalny-mother-ap26047280482375.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/16\/06f25c2d-c934-4cb9-a4dc-5b6f2b63b122\/thumbnail\/1240x826\/d60d2e545ceb78c7b4a5ea268c0f4cdb\/alexey-navalny-mother-ap26047280482375.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Late Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny&#8217;s mother Lyudmila Navalnaya touches his portrait at his grave, two years after his death, at the Borisovskoye Cemetery in Moscow, Feb. 16, 2026.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Alexander Zemlianichenko\/AP<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;Naturally, we do not accept such accusations. We disagree with them,&#8221; Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters in Moscow on Monday. &#8220;We consider them biased and unfounded. And, in fact, we strongly reject them.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Russian authorities had designated Navalny and his organization &#8220;extremist&#8221; before his death, and anyone who mentions him or his exiled anti-corruption foundation is liable for prosecution.<\/p>\n<p>Officials in Russia have never offered much detail on the cause of Navalny&#8217;s death. <\/p>\n<p>His widow Yulia Navalnaya, who lives in exile with an outstanding <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/yulia-navalnaya-alexei-navalny-russia-arrest-warrant\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">warrant for her arrest in Russia<\/a><\/span>, said about six months after her husband&#8217;s death that she was told by Russian investigators he died from a combination of &#8220;a dozen different diseases,&#8221; and that he finally succumbed to arrhythmia, or an irregular heartbeat, after a walk.<\/p>\n<p>Navalnaya said her husband exhibited no instances of heart disease before he was imprisoned.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/09\/17\/ac7cf140-f7eb-4a56-8990-619d6e013ebc\/thumbnail\/620x413\/e4b084cb96eaf743ea5cc2ad1a5736b1\/ap25260392169351.jpg#\" alt=\"EU--Russia-Navalny \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/09\/17\/ac7cf140-f7eb-4a56-8990-619d6e013ebc\/thumbnail\/620x413\/e4b084cb96eaf743ea5cc2ad1a5736b1\/ap25260392169351.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/09\/17\/ac7cf140-f7eb-4a56-8990-619d6e013ebc\/thumbnail\/1240x826\/8627f3b1373aae3a0924d12104d69ee0\/ap25260392169351.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Yulia Navalnaya, widow of Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny, walks away from his picture after lighting a candle at the end of a service in St. Mary&#8217;s Church on his birthday, in Berlin, Germany, June 4, 2024.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Sebastian Christoph Gollnow\/AP<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;Russia claimed that Navalny died of natural causes,&#8221; the European nations said in their joint statement over the weekend. &#8220;But given the toxicity of epibatidine and reported symptoms, poisoning was highly likely the cause of his death. Navalny died while held in prison, meaning Russia had the means, motive and opportunity to administer this poison to him.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>British Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/uk-confirmsrussia-poisoned-navalny-in-prison-with-rare-toxin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">said in a statement<\/a>\u00a0that &#8220;Russia saw Navalny as a threat&#8221; and poisoned him as a show of strength.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;By using this form of poison, the Russian state demonstrated the despicable tools it has at its disposal and the overwhelming fear it has of political opposition,&#8221; Cooper said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The United Kingdom&#8217;s foreign office said &#8220;only the Russian state had the means, motive and opportunity to deploy this lethal toxin to target Navalny&#8221; and that they &#8220;hold it responsible for his death.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/16\/da86adfa-423c-4a42-ac0e-3d7433d1decf\/thumbnail\/620x413\/545f2fa8bb90a734489037e6845d4e91\/navalny-2261471365.jpg#\" alt=\"RUSSIA-POLITICS-OPPOSITION-NAVALNY-ANNIVERSARY \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/16\/da86adfa-423c-4a42-ac0e-3d7433d1decf\/thumbnail\/620x413\/545f2fa8bb90a734489037e6845d4e91\/navalny-2261471365.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/16\/da86adfa-423c-4a42-ac0e-3d7433d1decf\/thumbnail\/1240x826\/d41937723af842883dde0905c3afb3db\/navalny-2261471365.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Foreign diplomats and others lay flowers at the grave of Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny, at the Borisovo cemetery in Moscow, Feb. 16, 2026, on the second anniversary of his death in an Arctic prison colony.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Hector RETAMAL\/AFP\/Getty<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Dozens of people visited his grave early Monday, among them foreign diplomats, according to an AFP reporter at the scene. Some of those who attended wore masks or scarves over their faces.<\/p>\n<p>Navalny had crusaded for years against official corruption and staged massive anti-Kremlin protests. He was previously poisoned with the Soviet-era nerve agent <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/novichok-russian-nerve-agent-used-attack-ex-spy-sergei-skripal-great-britain\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Novichok<\/a><\/span> while flying from Moscow to Siberia in 2020, eventually recovering after a long period of treatment in Germany. He <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/alexey-navalny-vow-russia-60-minutes-2020-10-18\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">told 60 Minutes&#8217; Lesley Stahl<\/a><\/span>\u00a0later that he believed the poisoning was an assassination attempt engineered by Putin \u2014 another claim that Russian officials have always denied.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Navalny returned to Moscow in 2021, knowing he faced\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/alexey-navalny-russian-opposition-leader-detained-moscow\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">certain arrest<\/a><\/span>. He was convicted three times on various charges and sentenced to 19 years for extremism-related charges, which he always dismissed as politically motivated.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He was imprisoned in\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/alexei-navalny-russia-protest-putin-critic-arrests-possible-prison-sentence\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">January 2021<\/a><\/span>\u00a0and then moved almost three years later to the\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/alexey-navalny-russia-opposition-leader-arctic-penal-colony\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Arctic penal colony<\/a><\/span>, where he died in February 2024.<\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n<p class=\"content__meta--contributors\">\n<p>                                  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/team\/kerry-breen\/\" class=\"byline__author__link\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Kerry  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