Negotiations really took place, writes the media.
Alexey Navalny, who was serving a sentence in a colony, died on the eve of the exchange.
The publication Bild writes about this.
As the publication suggests, Navalny could be exchanged in the coming weeks or months for Russian Vadim Krasikov, who killed the former Chechen commander in Tiergarten Park in Berlin. Putin himself spoke about a possible exchange in an interview with American Tucker Carlson.
According to Bild, negotiations were indeed held about a possible exchange. Representatives of Russia, the USA and Germany took part in them.
“Navalny's death shows how unstable Putin's system truly is. If the situation were stable, the Kremlin would not have to jail, torture and kill opponents. To the outside world, Putin acts as if he is 100% confident in his power. But this act shows how afraid he is of the Russian opposition,” said Julius von Freitag-Loringhofen, head of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation in Moscow in 2018-2020.
According to Western experts, Navalny, at first glance, does not pose any threat to Putin in the upcoming elections. However, according to the publication, reports have appeared about a possible agreement: Russia will return the killer from Tiergarten and release American journalist Evan Gershkovich and Alexei Navalny. However, according to analysts, the Kremlin clearly did not want to do this under any circumstances. And in general, as the publication claims, the Kremlin could have seen everything differently.
What is known about Navalny’s death
On February 16, the department of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation announced that Alexey Navalny died in a correctional colony in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug at the age of 47 years.
The politician felt ill after a walk and lost consciousness. According to the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation, resuscitation measures were carried out, but did not give positive results.
In many cities of Russia, rallies were held in memory of opposition leader Alexey Navalny. In particular, about 50 people were detained in Moscow.
Moscow police detain people who came to lay flowers at the “Wall of Sorrow” monument in memory of Alexei Navalny.
The body of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is not being given to his family. The Investigative Committee noted that they would do this only after the end of the inspection, said press secretary Kira Yarmysh.
Anesthesiologist-resuscitator Alexander Polupan noted that he treated Navalny in 2020, and he did not have any problems indicating problems with blood vessels.
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