Overview

• Yulia Navalnaya says allies smuggled Alexey Navalny’s biological samples abroad after his February 2024 death for independent testing.
• She says laboratories in two countries independently concluded he was poisoned, urges them to publish their reports, and does not name the facilities.
• Her account references testimonies from five penal colony staff describing seizures, vomiting, severe pain, and missing CCTV footage from the day he died.
• The Federal Penitentiary Service reported he fell ill after a walk and could not be resuscitated, and official papers list hypertensive disease and arrhythmia as the cause.
• On September 16, the Salekhard City Court discontinued his mother’s complaint seeking to compel a murder investigation.