Russia’s ambassador to Britain has denied that dart frog poison was used to kill opposition leader Alexei Navalny.
Speaking Sunday Morning with Trevor PhillipsAndre said that Kelin’s death “has nothing to do with us”.
Mr Navalny47, killed in 2024 while incarcerated in a Russian penal colony.
At the Munich Security Conference earlier this year, the UK, Germany, Sweden and the Netherlands He claimed to have been poisoned with a deadly poison Found in the skin of Ecuadorian dart frogs.
He claimed the “barbaric” act – using a neurotoxin classified as a chemical weapon – could only have been carried out by Vladimir Putin’s government.
Russian Ambassador to the United Kingdom Andrei Kelin. Image: Reuters
Responding to the charge, Mr Kellin said: “Do you think we got this frog from South America, please tell me?”
He then claimed there were “six places” in London where a synthetic version of the toxin could be bought.
Speaking to Trevor Phillips on Sunday morning, Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper said Mr Kelly was wrong.
He said Russia had both the “intent and intent” to kill Mr Navalny
Ms Cooper added that “clear evidence” pointed to Russian involvement – hence why the UK, along with other nations, blamed Moscow for Mr Navalny’s death.
Sky News understands that the poison that killed him was actually made in a laboratory rather than taken from a dart frog.
It is not clear how the frog poison, epibatidine, was given to Mr Navalny in a Siberian penal colony when he died exactly two years ago.
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Native tribes in South America are said to use poison in blow darts or blowguns when hunting.
The poison – described as “the deadliest on earth” – is 200 times stronger than morphine. It can cause paralysis, breathing difficulties and death.
Speaking to Trevor Phillips, Mr Kellin said Russia is siding with Tehran in its war against the US and Israel.
He said: “We are not neutral. Not neutral in any way. We certainly support Iran. And as I said we are very negative about what is being done.”
