Navalny's Wife Says Two Labs Found He Was Poisoned in Arctic Prison

The wife of late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny said on Wednesday that laboratory tests conducted in two foreign countries on biological material smuggled out of Russia show he was poisoned while held in an Arctic prison, a claim that, if confirmed, would deepen international scrutiny of his February 2024 death and intensify tensions between Kremlin critics and Russian authorities. Navalnaya said allies obtained samples before Navalny was buried and that two independent laboratories reached the same conclusion: he was poisoned while incarcerated at the Polar Wolf penal colony above the Arctic Circle.

Yulia Navalnaya posted a video and messages on social media saying the examinations were carried out independently and urging the laboratories to publish their findings and identify the substance involved. "We managed to transfer Alexei's biological materials abroad," she said. "These laboratories, independently of each other, concluded that Alexei was poisoned. These results are of public importance and must be published."

Navalnaya did not disclose what types of samples were taken or the specific poisons identified. She also said surveillance footage from the final day...