{"id":2570028,"date":"2026-02-14T15:44:02","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T20:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/european-leaders-say-probe-proves-alexei-navalny-was-poisoned\/"},"modified":"2026-02-14T15:45:46","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T20:45:46","slug":"european-leaders-say-probe-proves-alexei-navalny-was-poisoned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/european-leaders-say-probe-proves-alexei-navalny-was-poisoned\/","title":{"rendered":"European leaders say probe proves Alexei Navalny was poisoned"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Feuropean-leaders-say-probe-proves-alexei-navalny-was-poisoned%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2570028&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Five European governments\u2014the United Kingdom, Sweden, France, Germany, and the netherlands\u2014announced they are confident that Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was poisoned, contradicting Moscow\u2019s claim of natural causes. They attributed the poisoning to epibatidine, a toxin found in poison-dart frogs, based on analyses of Navalny\u2019s samples after his death in February 2024 at a Russian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/putin-opponent-alexei-navalny-dies-in-prison\/\" title=\"..., Putin&#039;s critic, passes away in jail\">arctic penal colony<\/a>. Navalny\u2019s widow, Yulia Navalnaya, who spoke at the Munich Security Conference, called for accountability and said Putin must be punished for his murder, a view echoed by U.K. Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper, who argued the Kremlin had the means, motive, and opportunity to carry out the poisoning. French Foreign Minister Jean-No\u00ebl Barrot also suggested the findings show Putin is willing to use chemical weapons to stay in power. The article frames the revelation as confirmation of <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >long-standing accusations<\/a> that Navalny was killed by Russian authorities to silence dissent.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Alexei Navalny&rsquo;s widow demands &lsquo;accountability&rsquo; for Putin after European leaders say husband was poisoned<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1561858\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Five European governments on Saturday announced their investigation determined <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/russia\/\">Russian <\/a>opposition leader <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/alexei-navalny\/\">Alexei Navalny<\/a> was poisoned, contradicting Moscow&rsquo;s claims he died of natural causes.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The United Kingdom, Sweden, France, Germany, and the Netherlands said they &ldquo;are confident&rdquo; Navalny was poisoned by epibatidine, a toxin found in poison dart frogs in South America. Officials said <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/joint-statement-by-the-uk-sweden-france-germany-and-the-netherlands-on-alexei-navalnys-death\">in a joint statement <\/a>that they came to the conclusion based on analyses of samples from Navalny, who died in February 2024 while imprisoned at an Arctic penal colony in Russia.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4458445\/zelensky-ceasefire-russians-if-they-do-elections-in-munich-plea\/\">Zelensky offers to &#8216;give a ceasefire to the Russians if they do elections&#8217; in Munich plea<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4458424\/rubio-munich-address-tells-europe-we-belong-together\/\">Rubio breaks with Vance in tone of Munich address and tells Europe &#8216;we belong together&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4457677\/south-latin-american-countries-bend-to-trump-curb-support-cuba\/\">South and Latin American countries bend to Trump in moves to curb support for Cuba<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The development appears to confirm accusations from Navalny&rsquo;s widow and others that he was murdered by Russian authorities seeking to eliminate a threat to President Vladimir Putin. In a speech reacting to her husband&rsquo;s death during the Munich Security Conference two years ago, when his death was announced, Yulia Navalny called for Putin &ldquo;to be punished.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4457612\/dhs-shutdown-congress-skips-town-without-deal-ice\/\"><strong>DHS ENTERS SHUTDOWN AFTER CONGRESS SKIPS TOWN WITHOUT DEAL ON ICE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This week, Yulia Navalny was <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.c-span.org\/program\/international-telecasts\/russian-opposition-leader-yulia-navalnaya-speaks-to-politico-at-munich-security-conference\/673394\">again attending <\/a>the Munich conference when the news broke that European leaders formally attributed her husband&rsquo;s death to poison, a conclusion <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3811158\/alexei-navalny-widow-two-labs-confirmed-putin-dissenter-poisoned\/\">she said last fall <\/a>was determined by two lab analyses. U.K. Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper met with the widow on the sidelines of the German conference on Saturday, saying that &ldquo;only the Russian government had the means, motive and opportunity to deploy this lethal toxin against Alexei Navalny during his imprisonment in Russia.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Yulia Navalnaya, human rights activist and wife of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, gives a press statement on the death and circumstances of her husband&rsquo;s death on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, Saturday Feb. 14, 2026. (Kay Nietfeld\/dpa via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;Today, beside his widow, the U.K. is shining a light on the Kremlin&rsquo;s barbaric plot to silence his voice. Russia saw Navalny as a threat. By using this form of poison the Russian state demonstrated the despicable tools it has at its disposal and the overwhelming fear it has of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/limbaugh-the-tyrannical-lefts-sinister-conspiracy-to-silence-conservatives\/\" title=\"LIMBAUGH: The Tyrannical Left\u2019s Sinister Conspiracy To Silence Conservatives\">political opposition<\/a>,&rdquo; Cooper said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Yulia Navalny said <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/yulia_navalnaya\/status\/2022652772500316538\">in a statement <\/a>to X that she &ldquo;was certain from the first day that my husband had been poisoned.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Now there is proof: Putin killed Alexei with chemical weapon,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;I am grateful to the European states for the meticulous work they carried out over two years and for uncovering the truth. Vladimir Putin is a murderer. He must be held accountable for all his crimes.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>French Foreign Minister Jean-No&euml;l Barrot said the findings were proof that Putin is &ldquo;prepared to use chemical weapons against his own people to remain in power.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4449988\/trump-russia-ukraine-june-deadline-end-war-zelensky\/\"><strong>TRUMP GIVES RUSSIA AND UKRAINE JUNE DEADLINE TO END WAR: ZELENSKY<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;France pays tribute to this opposition figure, killed for his fight in favour of a free and democratic Russia,&rdquo; he said <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jnbarrot\/status\/2022669800950951966\">in a post<\/a> to X.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Navalny was one of Putin&rsquo;s fiercest critics before he was barred from running against the incumbent in 2018 and sent to a Russian prison camp. Russia has said Navalny became ill after a scheduled walk at the remote prison, telling his widow that he died from heart problems. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Europe says Navalny poisoned; widow seeks accountability<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3142,"featured_media":2570029,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/AP26045466731887.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[73822,4890,4350],"class_list":["post-2570028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-european-politics-2","tag-navalny","tag-poisoning"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/AP26045466731887.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2570028","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2570028"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2570028\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2570032,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2570028\/revisions\/2570032"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2570029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2570028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2570028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2570028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}