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Alexei Navalny dart frog toxin poisoning: What we know

Epibatidine, found in the Ecuadoran dart frog, causes muscle paralysis and eventual asphyxiation. Experts have said the toxin can also be produced synthetically, instead of extracting it directly from the frog itself.

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00:01Two years after Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny's death,
00:06a group of relatives and supporters gathered at his grave in Moscow to pay tribute.
00:11Navalny's mother called for those responsible to be held accountable,
00:15commenting on European laboratory tests which confirmed that Navalny was poisoned with a rare toxin.
00:45The Kremlin rejected the assessment on Monday, calling it a biased accusation.
00:51Navalny, one of President Vladimir Putin's fiercest opponents,
00:55died in an Arctic prison colony in February 2024 while serving a 19-year sentence for extremism.
01:02Dozens of people visited his grave in Moscow early on Monday, among them foreign diplomats.
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