Lyudmila Navalnaya, mother of deceased Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny, expressed vindication following a European assessment that her son died of poisoning in a penal colony. Navalny, a prominent critic of President Putin, died in February 2024, with a joint statement from Britain, France, Germany, and others suggesting he was poisoned with epibatidine. The Kremlin rejected these claims as unfounded, while U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio acknowledged the troubling nature of the report. European nations hold Russia responsible, asserting it had the means and motive to carry out the poisoning.
