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Putin says he supported Alexei Navalny prisoner swap

Russia’s best-known opposition figure died last month while serving a 19-year sentence on extremism charges that supporters say were politically motivated. ADVERTISEMENT Russian President Vladimir Putin said early on Monday that he supported an idea to release Alexei Navalny in a prisoner exchange just days before the opposition leader died. In his first comments addressing Navalny’s

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Navalny team says prisoner swap was close before his death

The 47-year-old Kremlin critic died on February 16 after spending more than three years behind bars, prompting outrage in the west. A woman lays flowers at the Memorial to Victims of Political Repression to pay respect to Alexei Navalny, in Saint Petersburg on February 24, 2024, nine days after his death in an Arctic prison.

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Alexei Navalny ally says he was about to be freed in a prisoner swap

Maria Pevchikh says negotiations for a prisoner exchange were in their final stages on the evening before his death. ADVERTISEMENT Russian opposition politician, Alexei Navalny, was about to being freed in a prisoner swap at the time of his death, according to one of his close allies. Anti-corruption activist, Maria Pevchikh, who is chairperson of

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Russia and Ukraine complete new prisoner of war swap

UAE-brokered exchange comes as two countries remain in near-stalemate on Ukraine’s southeastern front. ADVERTISEMENT Russia and Ukraine have conducted a new prisoner exchange, with 100 soldiers from each side returning home. Ukrainian Presdent Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that most of the returning POWs were captured during the long defence of Mariupol early in the war, adding

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