17/02/26 (Agence Europe) – On the evening of Monday 16 February, on the second anniversary of Alexei Navalny’s death by poisoning in a Russian prison camp, EU High Representative Kaja Kallas reiterated that the Kremlin bore “full responsibility” for his death. “The murder of political opponents is part of the regime’s DNA. It is not a display of strength, but an admission of fear”, she stressed on X, adding that the EU would continue to punish those responsible for repression. On 14 February, Sweden, France, Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom ruled that Alexei Navalny had been poisoned with a deadly toxin, epibatidine, after analysing samples taken from Mr Navalny. Although this toxin does not exist naturally in Russia, “Russia claimed that Navalny had died of natural causes”, these countries denounced. (CG)