Politics · 16 February 2026
UK demands action after Navalny killed with frog poison
At the Munich Security Conference, the UK’s Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper urged a united global response after reports confirmed that Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny was fatally poisoned with a substance linked to toxins found in dart frogs. She condemned the killing as a breach of international rules governing chemical weapons. The Kremlin has rejected the claims as politically motivated. British officials are now weighing additional joint sanctions with allies in an effort to hold Russia to account.
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