epibatidine, Russia and Dart Frog

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What is epibatidine, and how did it kill Navalny? A guide to the frog neurotoxin that five countries say poisoned Russia’s opposition leader.
The United Kingdom, Sweden, France, Germany, and the Netherlands announced that a substance called epibatidine killed Alexey Navalny, the opposition leader who died in a Russian prison in February 2024.

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What is Epibatidine? The ‘Dart Frog Toxin’ Russia is accused of using on Putin’s critic Alexei Navalny
What Is Epibatidine, The Deadly Frog Toxin Linked to the Death of Russian Opposition Leader Alexei Navalny
UK wants action taken on Russia after Navalny frog poisoning, Cooper says
The UK wants action taken following evidence Russia killed political prisoner Alexei Navalny with frog poison, Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper said.

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Putin’s frog poison hit on Navalny reveals his secret chemical weapons
Yvette Cooper warns 'Cold War peace dividend has gone' as UK accuses Russia of killing Alexei Navalny
Secret Putin-linked lab 'researched frog toxin' now blamed for Navalny’s death
Britain - backed by France, Germany, Sweden and the Netherlands - has now accused Moscow of violating the Chemical Weapons Convention.

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Russia's Navalny poisoned with dart frog toxin: European states
Navalny died after being poisoned with dart frog toxin by Russia, UK says

Assassination by frog? Scientists ponder a 'very surprising' report.

Poison dart frogs have fascinated researchers. Now their toxin has allegedly been linked to the death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny.

European Governments Link Navalny's Death To Poisoning by Moscow

On Saturday, five European governments said lab work on deceased Russian dissident Alexei Navalny's remains detected epibatidine, a poison associated with South American dart frogs, and they argued the finding points to Russian responsibility for his 2024 death in an Arctic prison colony.
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The 'paradox' of poisonous frog resistance against their own toxins explained

Researchers are now equipped with additional insight into how poisonous frogs may have evolved resistance against their own toxins, thanks to the results of a new study. Neotropical poisonous frogs produce a neurotoxin called epibatidine - which attaches ...