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The first mention of Navalny came after his death

The first mention of Navalny came after his death

For the first time in many years, Vladimir Putin publicly referred to Alexei Navalny – his biggest critic – after his death. Disclosure of the prisoner exchange with America.

An overwhelming victory, even by a record percentageVladimir Putin won the Russian presidential election. The head of the Russian Election Commission said (03/18) that the percentage of citizens’ participation in the presidential elections that ended in the country reached 77.44%, Record rate for the post-Soviet era.

The Kremlin strongman, who has been in power for almost a quarter of a century, He received more than 87% of the votes The Russian Information Agency, citing the Electoral Commission, reported that the majority of polling stations had been merged.

This is the highest percentage he has ever obtainedThis was after an electoral process in which the opposition was marginalized.

In his first press conference since his victory, Putin said he would give priority to what he called… A special military operation of Russia in UkraineStrengthening the Russian army.

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However, what was more important was the fact of it First reported to Alexei Navalny. He used his name publicly for the first time in years, and described his death as sad, revealing this a few days ago Agreed to exchange the Russian political prisoner for Russian political prisoners in the WestOn the condition that Navalny never returns to Russia.

As for Alexei Navalny, yes, he died, which is always unpleasant. We had other cases where prisoners died in prisons. Doesn't that happen in the United States? It's happened more than once. A few days before Navalny's death, some colleagues told me that there was an idea to exchange Mr. Navalny with Russian political prisoners in prisons in Western countries.

You may believe me, you may not. The person who spoke to me did not finish his sentence and I immediately agreed with him. But unfortunately, what's done is done. However, there was only one condition for the exchange to take place. We would replace him, but he would never come back. But it happened. “There's nothing you can do, that's life.”These were the words of the Russian President.

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