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Official documents confirm Navalny was poisoned in prison

The Insider has obtained access to hundreds of official documents related to Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny's death in the Polar Wolf penal colony in the Russian Far North on Feb. 16, 2024. Officially, Navalny’s death was attributed to natural causes, and Russia’s Investigative Committee stated in July that the case “does not have a criminal nature.” However, the contents of the documents in The Insider’s possession demonstrate that Russian authorities consistently removed references to symptoms Navalny was documented to have been suffering — symptoms that did not fit with the Russian state’s official cause of death. As medical experts confirm, these symptoms clearly indicate that Navalny was poisoned.

His symptoms were so severe that the plane made an emergency landing in Omsk, where medical professionals likely saved Navalny’s life by treating him with the chemical nerve agent antidote Atropine. The short interval between the abdominal pain and the convulsions suggests the possibility of exposure to an organophosphorus agent, for instance — the same class of substances as Novichok, but in this case it may have been applied internally rather than topically.” Other doctors of various types interviewed by The Insider agree with Polupan's conclusions. Further evidence, albeit indirect, of the use of a poisonous substance can be observed in the authorities’ reluctance to release Navalny's body for several days following his death, along with their refusal to allow for an independent examination of biological samples.

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