Navalny’s Widow Claims Poisoning Confirmed by Western Labs

Yulia Navalnaya, wife of the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, has asserted that foreign laboratory tests on smuggled biological samples from her husband confirm he was poisoned while imprisoned in a Russian Arctic prison in February 2024. Navalny died suddenly in custody, and his death has been a focal point of international scrutiny and calls for accountability. Despite Kremlin denials and Russian investigators attributing his death to natural causes, the tests conducted by two different labs in separate countries reached the same conclusion of poisoning. Yulia Navalnaya has demanded the release of detailed findings from these laboratories, though the specific poison or substances detected have not been disclosed. U.S. intelligence agencies have reportedly concluded that President Vladimir Putin did not order Navalny's killing. Navalnaya continues to challenge the official narrative, emphasizing the need to reveal what she terms the "inconvenient truth" regarding her husband's death.