Why Russia might have turned to dart‑frog toxin epibatidine to poison Navalny | EUROtoday

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Two years after Russian opposition chief Alexei Navalny died in jail, 5 European nations declare they’ve recognized the substance that killed him: epibatidine, a particularly deadly toxin produced by the South American poison dart frog. But why undergo the difficulty of utilizing such a uncommon, unique poison naturally discovered solely on the opposite facet of the world? Some consultants consider Navalny might have been used as a lab rat.
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