Labs confirm epibatidine killed Navalny

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Michael McFaul

@mcfaulmike.bsky.social

Alexei Navalny loved Russia and opposed Putin. Patriotism and dissent are not contradictions. Loving your country doesn’t mean staying silent about its leaders. No one should be murdered for speaking out.

February 16, 2026 at 3:30 PM

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Michael McFaul

@mcfaulmike.bsky.social

On the second anniversary of his murder by Putin, reupping this tribute to Navalny:

Goodbye to my fearless friend, Alexei Navalny wapo.st/4alxEL3

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.

wapo.st

February 16, 2026 at 5:34 PM

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by Mark Galeotti

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Mark Galeotti

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Why Russia used poison to kill Navalny
"Poison is, after all, not just a means of murder, but an instrument of terror." My latest for the @thespectator1828.bsky.social blog
spectator.com/article/why-...

Why Russia used poison to kill Navalny

When leading Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny died two years ago, the only real question was not whodunnit, but howdunnit? His widow, Yulia Navalnaya, quickly blamed poison and said that his ...

spectator.com

February 16, 2026 at 7:54 AM

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Steve Rosenberg

@bbcstever.bsky.social

What are today’s Russian papers reporting about the second anniversary of Alexei Navalny’s death & the joint statement by the UK, Sweden, France, Germany & The Netherlands that Mr Navalny was poisoned with a lethal toxin?

Nothing.

#ReadingRussia

Russian papers avoid mentioning Alexei Navalny and poisoning claim.

YouTube video by Steve Rosenberg

youtu.be

February 16, 2026 at 7:17 AM

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David Roberts

@drdavidlroberts.bsky.social

BBC News - What is the dart frog toxin allegedly used to kill Alexei Navalny?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

What is the dart frog toxin allegedly used to kill Alexei Navalny?

The toxin, epibatidine, can be found in frogs in the wild in South America or manufactured in a lab.

www.bbc.co.uk

February 16, 2026 at 10:37 AM

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Tom Jenkins

@tomoljenkins.bsky.social

Joint Statement by the UK, Sweden, France, Germany and The Netherlands on Alexei Navalny's death. Note that the US isn't associated with this demarche www.gov.uk/government/n...

Joint Statement by the UK, Sweden, France, Germany and The Netherlands on Alexei Navalny's death

Joint Statement by the UK, Sweden, France, Germany and The Netherlands on Alexei Navalny's death.

www.gov.uk

February 15, 2026 at 10:39 PM

by Sergey Vasiliev

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Sergey Vasiliev

@sevslv.bsky.social

Two years ago, Putin had Alexei #Navalny killed.

"The circumstances ... have red flags all over them and scream ‘murder’, I wrote back then, without hoping the direct cause of death would ever be revealed.

Now we know what the murder weapon was. The perpetrators must be held to account.

February 16, 2026 at 9:20 AM

by Mark Galeotti

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Mark Galeotti

@markgaleotti.bsky.social

Monday morning re-up: Navalny poisoned, Ukraine talks continuing, Epstein case reframed -- and Russia, hybrid, fluid or cyberpunk?

Mark Galeotti @markgaleotti.bsky.social · 1d

In Moscow's Shadows 236: What Is Russia?

A quick look at the latest on Navalny, Ukraine talks and Epstein, then digging into what kind of country Russia is, shaped by, yet kicking against globalisation

www.buzzsprout.com/1026985/epis...

In Moscow's Shadows 236: What Is Russia? - In Moscow's Shadows

In the first half, I look at the latest news about Navalny's death, what a change in the composition of the Russian negotiation team in Geneva may mean, and why looking for a dubious Russian connectio...

www.buzzsprout.com

February 16, 2026 at 9:53 AM

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François Heisbourg

@fheisbourg.bsky.social

SITREP 🇺🇦 DAY 1454

1. Europeans provide proof that Navalny was murdered in prison by poison from dart frog

2. Draft officers assaulted in Odesa

3. 2 out of 4 Zircons down, 1 Iskander M strike, 9 leakers out of ~40 Shahed

February 16, 2026 at 8:07 AM

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