India, Feb. 14 -- Five Europeans counties on Saturday accused Russia of 'poisoning' opposition leader Alexei Navalny in prison using a 'rare toxin', almost two years after his death.

The foreign ministries of the UK, France, Germany, Sweden and the Netherlands said the Russian opposition leader was poisoned with a rare and lethal toxin found in the skin of poison dart frogs.

"The UK, Sweden, France, Germany and The Netherlands are confident that Alexei Navalny was poisoned with a lethal toxin," the countries said in a joint statement, following "analyses of samples" from his body," news agency AFP reported citing a joint statement from the countries at the Munich Security Conference.

The countries said that they reported the country to...