Alexei Navalny was likely fatally poisoned in prison, European leaders say

An investigation of samples from deceased Russian absorption person Alexei Navalny shows helium was apt fatally poisoned successful a Russian prison, according to aggregate European governments. 

In a associated statement, the leaders of the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Sweden and the Netherlands said they are assured Navalny was poisoned. Samples from Navalny "conclusively confirmed the beingness of epibatidine," a toxin recovered successful poison dart frogs successful South America, according to the statement. 

"Russia claimed that Navalny died of earthy causes," the countries said. "But fixed the toxicity of epibatidine and reported symptoms, poisoning was highly apt the origin of his death. Navalny died portion held successful prison, meaning Russia had the means, motive and accidental to administer this poison to him." 

Navalny crusaded against authoritative corruption and staged monolithic anti-Kremlin protests earlier being sentenced to 19 years successful an Arctic penal colony. 

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