The death of a Russian whistleblower needs to be reopened following new evidence in the Navalny frog poison death, say friends piling pressure on British authorities.
Alexander Perepilichny, a businessman who investigated organised crime and corruption in Russia, died after collapsing on a job near his home in Weybridge, Surrey, in 2012.
Six years later, an inquest found that the 44-year-old died from natural causes, but his vomiting symptoms indicated he may have been poisoned.
At the time, police ruled out foul play, but traces of a chemical found in a rare poisonous plant called “gelsemium elegans” were later found in his stomach.
Finance corporation Hermitage Capital Management previously claimed that he could have been intentionally killed for helping it lift the veil on a multi-million-pound fraud scheme implicating Russian officials.
The coroner at the time blamed Surrey Police for mistakes that led to a lack of evidence in the case.
Comparisons are now being drawn between this case and that of 47-year-old Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny.
On Saturday, the UK was one of several countries, including Sweden, Germany, the Netherlands, and France, that accused Russia of killing Navalny in a colony in Siberia.
Navalny had been handed a 19-year prison sentence on embezzlement charges that were believed to be fabricated. His death was announced by Russia on February 16, 2024.
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