Russian experts rule out Arafat radiation

Russian experts have agreed with a French view that Yasser Arafat was not poisoned, contradicting a Swiss report about high levels of radioactive material.

Russian experts agree with a French view that Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat was not poisoned. (AAP)

Russian forensic experts say Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat died a natural death, ruling out radiation poisoning.

"We have completed all the studies," Vladimir Uiba, the head of Russia's Federal Medical-Biological Agency, said on Thursday.

"The person died a natural death and not from radiation," Uiba was quoted as saying by the state RIA Novosti news agency.

Arafat's exhumed remains have been studied by Swiss, French and Russian experts.

The French also ruled out poisoning, but the Swiss report said high levels of radioactive polonium indicated third-party involvement in Arafat's 2004 death.