US EditionRussian oligarch went to Moscow in effort to broker complex prisoner exchange that included Navalny, sources say
- President Putin and billionaire Abramovich discussed a prisoner swap involving Navalny shortly before his death.
- Moscow was prepared to release Navalny, a Wall Street Journal reporter, and a former U.S. Marine in the swap.
- Abramovich suggested the idea to exchange Navalny for a high-ranking FSB colonel, leading to speculation of Putin's involvement in the plan.
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Prisoner exchange negotiations were ‘underway’ with Kremlin before Navalny’s death: Report
Multilateral prisoner exchange negotiations were underway when Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny died last month, reported CNN citing several sources. The negotiations involved Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich, as well as former US secretary of state Hillary Clinton in the early stages. Abramovich has been sanctioned in the West and mostly lives in the United Arab Emirates. Abramovich was in contact with the US and European officials, a
‘A cover-up or a strategic step’ Vladimir Putin reportedly discussed Navalny’s exchange just hours before his death
On February 26, Alexey Navalny’s widow, Yulia Navalnaya, said that Vladimir Putin had killed the opposition leader because negotiations for his release in a prisoner swap were nearing completion. According to Navalnaya, this deal would have seen Navalny and “two American citizens” be traded for Russian hitman Vadim Krasikov, who is serving a life sentence in Germany. On Friday, the independent Russian news outlet Agentstvo reported new details a…
Putin Discussed Prisoner Swap Hours Before Navalny’s Death – Agentstvo
President Vladimir Putin met with billionaire Roman Abramovich to discuss swapping the late opposition activist Alexei Navalny for Russians jailed in the West just hours before he died in an Arctic prison last month, the investigative outlet Agentstvo reported Friday, citing four sources familiar with the matter.
At the meeting, a prisoner exchange that would have set Navalny free in Europe was discussed, according to the media.
An investigative journalist believes Putin wanted to cover up assassination plans with apparent prisoner swap talks. Vladimir Putin discussed the possibility of exchanging Alexei Navalny for Russians imprisoned in the West just hours before the opposition leader's death, news website Agentstvo reported, citing four sources familiar with the contents of the talks. According to two sources, Putin met businessman Roman Abramovich about four hours b…
Vladimir Putin considers the possibility of handing over his main political rival, Alexei Navalny, in exchange for two Russians arrested in the West just a few hours before the politician's death in the "Polar Bear" penal colony.
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