Russia killed opposition leader Alexei Navalny with frog toxin, UK says
Two years after Navalny died, European scientists have tested samples from his body.
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Learn language from the news headlines about this story. Two years after opposition politician Alexei Navalny died, European scientists have tested samples from his body. They say they believe he was killed by a poison found in frogs. Russia denies it killed Navalny and says he died of natural causes, but UK foreign secretary Yvette Cooper said there was no innocent explanation for the poison being found on Navalny’s body.
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