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MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin said Sunday that he agreed with the idea of a prisoner swap involving opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who died in a penal colony, and 'some people in prison in Western countries.' Putin's comments came after NBC News asked: “Mr.
“He said that an idea was put forward by one of the people about an exchange of Navalny, for which he potentially agreed and immediately told the person who put forward such an idea about this,” Peskov said, according to state news agency Ria. Navalny’s widow, Yulia Navalnaya, who is in Berlin, was offered the chance to come to Russia and see her husband 'numerous times' but she chose to stay abroad, Peskov later told NBC News.
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