News Biden confirmed that Navalny was supposed to be part of the exchange by alex 01.08.2024 written by alex 01.08.2024 28 Biden's office confirmed that Navalny was supposed to be part of the exchange Anastasia Kolesnikova The White House confirmed that Navalny was supposed to be exchanged/Collage 24 ChannelMore interesting audio newsListen00:0000:501x1xAudio synthesized using AI.More Audio News On August 1, a prisoner exchange took place between the West and Russia. The Biden administration said that Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who died in February, was also supposed to be returned. The media reported that Navalny could have been exchanged for FSB officer Krasikov, who was sentenced to life imprisonment in Germany. However, the oppositionist died in prison on February 16. The exchange itself took place five months later. Navalny was also on the exchange list An associate of the Russian oppositionist, Leonid Volkov, confirmed that it was within the framework of such an exchange, which took place on August 1, that Navalny was to be released. However, according to the politician, Putin “killed him a few days before his release.” US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan confirmed at a briefing that the prisoner exchange agreement included Navalny before he died in prison. CNN journalists note the role of US Vice President Kamala Harris in the exchange. According to media reports, during the Munich Security Conference in February, she had a conversation with Olaf Scholz, whom she convinced to hand over Krasikov to Russia. In addition, Harris met with Slovenian Prime Minister Robert Golob, whom she convinced to agree to the extradition of the Dultsev spouses, detained for espionage, to Moscow. According to Navalny's lawyer Igor Zhdanov on a social network, Harris called Yulia Navalnaya today. The deceased politician's wife thanked the American for her contribution to the exchange that took place. Recall that in recent days, Russian media reported that several political prisoners had disappeared from the colonies and pretrial detention centers where they were held. It later became known that they had all been taken for exchange. The plane with the Kremlin prisoners landed in Ankara on August 1. In total, Western countries released 16 people from Russia – 5 Germans, 8 Russians and 3 US citizens. 0 comment 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail alex previous post Impact on the railway in the Kharkov region, silver medal at the 2024 Olympics, accident with Ukrainians in Poland: news August 1 next post CNN reveals Harris' role in prisoner swap You may also like Biden Wants to Go at the Peak: Will... 30.10.2024 US urges China to pressure North Korea to... 30.10.2024 Israeli strike on Iranian missile assembly base: Satellite... 30.10.2024 Grom-E1 aerial bomb: what is known and why... 30.10.2024 Kadyrov says Ukrainian prisoners of war killed in... 30.10.2024 Explosions in Sumy: What are the consequences of... 29.10.2024 Among the seized Russian property in Finland is... 29.10.2024 GUR carried out arson of city hall in... 29.10.2024 New Step Against the EU: Orban Plays Along... 29.10.2024 Preparing for train derailment: SBU detains FSB accomplices 29.10.2024 Leave a Comment Cancel Reply Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Δ