Five countries have concluded that Aleksej Navalnyj was likely poisoned with a substance called epibatidine, which is significantly more potent than morphine.
In a significant development, five European countries—France, the UK, Germany, Sweden, and the Netherlands—have jointly released a statement indicating that Aleksej Navalnyj, the Russian opposition leader who died in prison in 2024, was most likely killed by a toxic substance known as epibatidine. This poison is reported to be 200 times stronger than morphine and was found in Navalnyj's system after his sudden illness and unconsciousness following a walk in the prison yard.