Five European governments have accused the Kremlin of killing opposition leader Alexei Navalny in prison with a deadly toxin often found on the skin of dart frogs in South America.
The UK, France, Germany, Sweden and the Netherlands claim a diagnosis of samples from his body confirmed the presence of epibatidine.
British Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper says the finding is proof of Moscow’s willingness to use ‘barbaric’ means to silence dissent.
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