Overview

• Yulia Navalnaya said biological material covertly taken from Russia was analyzed in two different countries and both labs concluded her husband was poisoned.
• She urged the laboratories to release their findings and did not disclose the labs’ identities or the specific substance detected.
• Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said he had no information about her statements as Russian authorities have previously maintained Navalny died naturally.
• Navalny, 47, died on February 16, 2024 while serving a 19-year sentence in a remote Arctic penal colony, and his family reported delays in receiving his body.
• Navalny survived a 2020 Novichok poisoning attributed by Western governments to Russian security services, while separate reporting has noted some U.S. intelligence agencies assessed that Vladimir Putin did not order his death in 2024.