'We naturally do not accept it': Russia rejects Alexei Navalny poisoning charge by Europeans nations

Russia on Monday rejected the Alexei Navalny poisoning charge by Europeans nations calling it "biased and baseless".

"We naturally do not accept such accusations. We disagree with them. We consider them biased and baseless," AFP quoted Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov as saying.




Britain, Sweden, France, Germany and the Netherlands said in a joint statement on Saturday that they believe Navalny was poisoned with epibatidine, a toxic substance derived from poison dart frogs.

Meanwhile, US said that it was "not disputing" the charge, but stayed clear of making any direct comments on it.

"Sometimes countries go out and do their thing based on the intelligence they have gathered. We obviously were aware of the report. It's a troubling report. Certainly we don't have any reason to question it or we're not disputing or getting into a fight with these countries over it," US secretary of state Marco Rubio said.

Navalny, the most prominent domestic critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, died in February 2024 at an Arctic penal colony, where he was serving a 19-year prison term.