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Navalny died in a Russian prison near the Arctic Circle in February, where he had been jailed since 2021. The U.S.reporter Evan Gershkovich, former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan, and 14 others. Sullivan was asked if Navalny would have been included in the swap if he were still alive during a White House press briefing Thursday.
“So, we had been working with our partners on a deal that would have included Alexei Navalny, and unfortunately he died,” Sullivan said. Sullivan also shared that he saw Gershkovich’s parents on the day Navalny was announced dead and that Navalny’s death served as extra motivation for President Joe Biden to get the“In fact, on the very day that died, I saw Evan’s parents, and I told them that the president was determined to get this done, even in light of that tragic news, and that we were going to work day and night to get to this day.
The president celebrated the release of the prisoners, saying in a statement that all of them have “endured unimaginable suffering and uncertainty” but that “today, their agony is over.”WATCH LIVE: Karine Jean-Pierre holds White House press briefing
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