The most recent development in the case of Alexei Navalny's death reveals that five European countries have accused Russia of poisoning the opposition leader with a rare toxin derived from poison dart frogs. This conclusion was announced on February 15, 2026, during the Munich Security Conference, where the UK, France, Germany, Sweden, and the Netherlands issued a joint statement confirming the presence of epibatidine in Navalny's body. According to Al Jazeera, the countries stated, 'Only the Russian state had the means, motive and opportunity to deploy this lethal toxin to target Navalny during his imprisonment in a Russian penal colony in Siberia.' The toxin, which is not found naturally in Russia, was identified through analyses of samples from Navalny's body, as reported by The Frontier Post. Navalny's widow, Yulia Navalnaya, expressed that it was now 'science-proven' that her husband had been murdered, adding, 'I was of course certain that it was a murder … but back then it was just words. But today these words have become science-proven facts' (Dawn).