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President Putin reacted to the death of the nationalist opposition leader which triggered a wave of condemnation in February, caustically noting: “It happens. There is nothing you can do about it. It’s life”.
President Putin said: “well, he passed away, and this always is a sad occurrence. But there were other cases of people dying in penitentiary facilities, too… People are dying in US prisons too, aren’t they… It happens. There is nothing you can do about it. It’s life.” Reflecting this plan was unable to come to fruition because just “a few days” later, Navalny died in prison, Putin said: “But unfortunately, whatever happened, happened”. Putin made no indication of who he may have considered swapping for Navalny from the West, but it hasit would have been for Russian hitman Vadim Krasikov, who is serving a life sentence for murder in a German prison.
While Russia claims Navalny died of “sudden death syndrome”, Navalny’s supporters claim he was assassinated, or at least condemned to death by being exiled to a brutal prison in the arctic circle. His wife, Yulia Navalnaya said her husband had been killed by Vladimir Putin and called on his followers not to give up. Navalny had already been targeted with a nerve agent in 2020 and nearly killed.
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