The team surrounding Kremlin opponent Alexei Navalny, who recently died in custody, has published a sensational video. It describes that the opposition politician should actually be released soon.
Kremlin boss Vladimir Putin received a corresponding offer, Navalny supporter Maria Pevchich said. In return, the ‘Tiergarten murderer’ Vadim Krasikov, who was imprisoned in Germany, should have returned to Russia. Putin recently indicated that he is willing to trade for Krasikov.
In addition to Navalny, two American citizens should also have been released, said the supporter of the politician who died in a Russian prison camp on February 16. “Navalny was killed because he was going to be released as part of a prisoner exchange,” Pewtschich said. But he was too dangerous for the Kremlin boss: “Nawalny was a real politician. He had millions of followers. Navalny was everything Putin will never be.” Putin went crazy because of his hatred of Navalny. He hated him so much that he ultimately acted to his own detriment and against his own logical interests, Pewtschich said.
Speculation fueled by Carlson interview
Putin fueled speculation about an exchange in early February with statements in an interview with American presenter Tucker Carlson. Without naming him, Putin signaled that he wanted Krasikov’s release. At the same time, he was open to the release of American journalist Evan Gershkovich of the Wall Street Journal, who was imprisoned in Russia last year. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz was cautious in his initial response. “I believe that such delicate issues should be discussed very confidentially in many places,” he said on the sidelines of a meeting with US President Joe Biden on February 9 in Washington.
Murder at Tiergarten in Berlin
Krasikov was sentenced to life imprisonment in 2021 for the murder of a Georgian in Berlin’s Tiergarten. The court found it proven that the Russian government was behind the crime. Navalny was taken to the Berlin Charité and treated after Russian secret services poisoned him in 2020. In January 2021, he decided to return to Russia, where he was immediately imprisoned and sentenced to long prison terms in several politically controlled trials.
Source: Krone
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