The Russian opposition leader, Alexei Navalnydied in prison days before his exchange for the Chechen Vadim Krasikovcondemned in Germany for the murder of a Georgian citizen, as reported today by the deceased politician’s team.
“Navalni should have been released in a few days, since we reached a decision on his exchange”he assured Maria Pevchija close collaborator of Navalni, in a video on YouTube.
He explained that, at the beginning of February, the Russian president, Vladimir Putinreceived the proposal to exchange his number one enemy and two other American citizens for Krasikov, who murdered the Georgian in August 2019 in Berlin. Zelimjan Jangoshvili.
«I received confirmation that the negotiations were underway and were in their final phase on the afternoon of February 15»that is, one day before the “murder” of the opponent, he stressed.
The opponent specified that Navalny’s co-religionists spent two years preparing the exchange and accused American and German officials of showing little political will.
«Why was Navalni killed now? They made it very clear to Putin that the only way to receive Krasikov is to exchange him for Navalny. ‘Oh, yes?’ Putin thought. I do not accept a Navalni in freedom. And if they are ready to exchange Krasikov, then we must get rid of the barter object.said.
Pevchij considers that Putin’s decision to torpedo the exchange is “irrational” and “the behavior of a crazy gangster”, guided by the personal “hatred” he had for the opposition leader.
“And Putin knows perfectly well that Alexei Navalny could have beaten him, that Navalny is the future and he is the past (…) Thanks to Navalny, Putin will go down in history as a coward, corrupt and thief”he asserted.
Krasikov’s name was mentioned on several occasions by the American press in the possible exchange of Russian citizens for Americans as Paul Whelanwho was sentenced to 16 years for espionage.
Furthermore, during the recent interview with the American journalist, Tucker CarlsonPutin alluded to a Russian “patriot”, in clear reference to Krasikov, as a possible object of exchange for the journalist from ‘The Wall Street Journal’, Evan Gershkovich.
The medical certificate delivered to Navalni’s mother states that the opposition leader died on February 16 of “natural causes” in the “Arctic Wolf” prison in the Yamalo-Nenets autonomous district.
This official version has been rejected by the opponent’s coreligionists and the widow of the deceased, Yulia Navalnaya, who accuse the head of the Kremlin of ordering the killing of their leader. EFE (I)
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