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Navalny should have been released within days, as we had reached a decision on his exchange. In early February, Putin was offered the FSB officer Vadim Krasikov, who is serving a prison sentence in Berlin for murder, in exchange for two US citizens and Alexei Navalny."
After Navalny's death in a penal colony in February, his colleague Maria Pevchikh stated This state-sponsored murder — as determined by the court today — represents a serious violation of German law and German sovereignty."
After the verdict was announced, Germany's foreign minister, Annalena Baerbock, declared In a case involving a convicted murderer, of all people, 'power' has prevailed,
Roman was arrested in the Maldives, they simply grabbed him, put him on a plane and took him to America,
I always thought Roman was the perfect trade candidate,
That’s how illegals work, and that’s the sacrifices they make because of their dedication to their work,
God, it is such happiness! I cried so much when I found out. And later, too. And I'm about to cry again now, as well,
said Tatyana Usmanova, the wife of Andrei Pivovarov, another opposition activist released in the swap, writing on Facebook as she flew to meet him They were all cheerful, happy, joked a lot,
Naturally, they also greeted each other yesterday when they saw each other,
Peskov said, underscoring Putin's determination to include Krasikov in the swap It wouldn’t have happened with us [if Trump were in power – ed.]. We would’ve gotten him [Gershkovich – ed.] back. We wouldn’t have had to pay anything. We wouldn’t have to let some of the great killers of the world go, because that’s what happened, as you know,
The children of the illegals who arrived yesterday only found out they were Russian on the plane from Ankara. They do not speak Russian,
The Russian government could feel emboldened for further political arrests and human rights violations without having to fear consequences,
the deputy general secretary of the group’s German chapter, Christian Mihr, said Krasikov is an FSB employee,
Putin’s spokesperson, Dmitry Peskov, told reporters, It was devastating news for us relatives,
the family said in a statement through their lawyer, Inga Schulz I categorically reject any link between this incident, this murder and official Russia,
For you, I will do this.”
However, Scholz finally agreed to a major prisoner swap in February, telling Biden Putin should have no problem finding helpers to hunt down undesirable people in the west,
It was very difficult for [the deal] to be revived.”
When Navalny died at the beginning of this year, Grozev said in a CNN interview The family would have liked to have been involved in at least one conversation beforehand,
This could set a precedent,
Roderich Kiesewetter, a senior defense politician from the opposition party Christian Democratic Union, told POLITICO’s Berlin Playbook