Negotiations began years before in Geneva meeting between Biden and Putin about release of Russian opposition leader
gathered waiting for a plane to arrive from Ankara. On board were 13 people who, until that morning, had been incarcerated in Russian prisons, including three people who had worked as Navalny’s regional coordinators in various Russian cities and had been jailed for “extremism”.As the 13 disembarked from the plane in Cologne, it was a moment of joy. But there was also an undertone of wistfulness and anger over one person who was not on the plane: Navalny.
“Abramovich initially said Putin will not agree, then he discouraged Carstens from asking him to pass on the message, but Carstens was very committed to this cause and idea, and knew that nobody else would ask this question, so he begged him to ask. And a few days later Abramovich reported that, surprisingly, he said yes,” said Grozev.
Eventually, a deal of eight for eight came into view, said Grozev. It would have involved Navalny, Gershkovich and former US marine Paul Whelan among those released by Russia, while a similar group of Russians as seen this week would return to Moscow.
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