Russia is demanding that European countries, which accused Moscow of poisoning Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny with a poison frog toxin, provide concrete evidence to support their claim, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Wednesday.
Britain, France, Germany, Sweden and the Netherlands said on Saturday that tests on samples from Navalny's body confirmed the presence of epibatidine, a toxin found in poison dart frogs in South America and not naturally occurring in Russia.
These states claimed that Moscow had the "means, motive and opportunity" to poison Navalny.
“All the accusations against Russia were of the 'it's very likely' type. There were no specific details.
"It was just an announcement to become the opening act of the Munich Security Conference and to debunk the Epstein files," Zakharova said during a press conference on Wednesday.
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"We ask that they submit concrete data on this issue," she added.
The Kremlin has categorically rejected the European accusations, while Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of the late politician, has said that the truth about her husband's death has finally been revealed.
