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Russia killed Alexei Navalny with frog toxin, UK and four European allies say
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 14 Feb 2026
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I read it more like Europe does nothing when they kill people in Europe, so this also shouldn't be big news
It's always newsworthy when Putin goes to such extreme lengths to try and hide his crimes, but especially in the case of an opposition figure like Navalny.
•This was Putin's second attempt at poisoning/assassinating him. He miraculously and very publicly survived the first attempt.
•Putin refused to release his body for an extended period of time. Navalny's widow believed Putin was hoping that by delaying the release, it would allow the toxin to degrade and make it impossible to prove he was poisoned. It looks like he was correct.
•Putin's intimidation tactics made it difficult for Navalny's friends and family to even find a venue willing to host his memorial, but despite the threats to their own safety, huge numbers of people in Russia risked their own safety and freedom to show their support
-- They don’t care about the optics’: in Navalny’s funeral, echoes of dissidents past This article is more than 1 year old The official response to the deaths of opposition figures is a sure guide to the state of repression and freedom in Russia
--Supporters chant 'We are not afraid' as Russia's Navalny is laid to rest
Even when your authoritarian leader lies and murders, and you know he lies and murders, it's important to have evidence from the outside confirming what you already knew. It's especially important to remind people rebelling against that leadership, that people outside are paying attention and supporting their rebellion.
This is also why it's worth noting (although not surprising) that Trump has not joined in with the countries making the accusation against his beloved boyfriend. It's important people rebelling against Trump's leadership know the truth as well, because:
•It draws attention to and raises questions once again, about his loyalties to allies. Especially given the UK joined EU countries. People in the UK should be fucking pissed at Trump
•People in the U.S. should not only be pissed, they should understand that if Trump is not willing to condemn these actions, he's essentially condoning them, which also means that he's not above escalating to using similar tactics against critics of his own leadership.
•The whole world should be pissed, and the whole world should be watching the men who feel entitled to lie, cheat, steal what is not theirs to take. They show their own cowardice and weakness when they murder people like Kashoggi and Navalny, who's only "crime" was using their voices and minds as a weapon against tyranny.
It is not big new for most European news consumer. It's a documented proofs by independent laboratories that Navalny was killed in prison. It was obvious before, but now there is a tangible evidence.
For some people, it does matter. For people like me, who hold Russian citizenship, it's one more in the long and documented list of murders by Putin and his cronies. I am not sure if anything like Nuremberg process would ever be carried out against the criminals, but it doesn't mean that their deeds should be ignored or not documented. It's a murder, and should be treated as such.
Dismissing the criminal deeds as not important because "they all are just evil and who cares" is not right. They are evil, but there are people who do care. No harm in this research.
It's an important political murder with clear and documented traces.
No harm, definitely, and I'm a hundred percent with you in the hope for a prosecution, even if the chances look very grim for that to happen.
Documenting crimes is indeed useful, at least for history