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Russian court-medical experts found antidote in Navalny's blood

5 articles | Updated 6d ago | Created 6d ago

The Anti-Corruption Foundation has released excerpts from the official forensic examination conducted by Russia's Ministry of Health center last summer, which concluded that Alexei Navalyn died solely as a result of natural causes rather than poisonings or other external factors despite finding an antidote in his blood samples.

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    The Anti-Corruption Foundation (ACF) has published excerpts from the official autopsy report conducted by Russian Ministry of Health forensic experts in summer 2024.
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    ACF Chair Maria Pevchikh stated that an antidote was found in Alexei Navalny's blood, but no poisoning or cause-of-death determination could be established based on these findings.
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    Pevchikh claims the official autopsy results were 'manipulated' to suggest a natural death rather than ruling out foul play involving poisons like Novichok.
2024-15:36 [Mar 09, 15:29] ACF Chair Maria Pevchikh published fragments of the autopsy report on X (Twitter), noting an antidote in Navalny's blood but no evidence of poisoning.
2024-13:36 [Mar 09, 15:28] Novaya Gazeta reports ACF claims results were 'manipulated' and published the official forensic autopsy document fragments on Mar 09 at ~13:24.
2024-16:7 [Mar 09, 15:28] TV Rain reports ACF Chair Pevchikh partially released documents from the summer 2024 autopsy conducted by Russian forensic experts under Ministry of Health supervision.
2024-36:7 [Mar 09, 15:28] Meduza reports ACF Chair Pevchikh published excerpts stating Navalny allegedly died from natural causes ('death itself') according to the summer 2024 autopsy.
2024-37 [Mar 09, 15:28] Holod.media reports ACF Chair Pevchikh showed excerpts of an official forensic report prepared in Russia's central medical examination center during summer 2024 regarding Navalny.