Yulia Navalnaya published a video recorded at the Munich Security Conference in which she spoke about the conclusion of an international investigation into the circumstances of Alexei Navalny’s murder. Scientists in several European countries examined biological materials taken out of Russia and confirmed poisoning.

On February 16, 2024, Alexei Navalny was murdered in a Russian penal colony. The Kremlin tried to conceal the killing and present it as a natural death. Now his family and team have not assumptions, but confirmed research results obtained in Europe.

And today the foreign ministers of the United Kingdom, Sweden, Germany, and the Netherlands officially informed me that the process is complete and the final conclusions have been reached. In the biological samples, an extremely powerful toxic substance was found — epibatidine.

Yulia Navalnaya

The samples revealed a potent toxic substance: epibatidine. It is a neurotoxin found in the skin secretions of Ecuadorian poison dart frogs. This toxin can also be synthesized artificially — and there are institutions in Russia capable of producing it in laboratory conditions. A substance like this could not have ended up by accident in a punishment cell in the Harp penal colony — it was brought in and used deliberately.

I think the good news is that the truth always comes out, and that the wheels of justice will start turning, and they might turn slowly, but they will turn determinedly, and this will lead to further actions within the OPCW and justice for the action of all the will be done.

David van Weel

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Netherlands

We knew Vladimir Putin is a killer. Now we have yet another confirmation of that.

Yulia Navalnaya

Yulia Navalnaya and the Anti-Corruption Foundation will seek accountability for Vladimir Putin and everyone involved in Alexei Navalny’s murder, and will continue the fight for change in Russia.