Commenting on Navalny's death for first time, Putin says he supported prisoner swap for his foe

FILE - In this handout photo taken from video provided by the Moscow City Court on Feb. 2, 2021, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny shows a heart symbol while standing in a defendants' cage during a hearing in the Moscow City Court in Moscow, Russia. President Vladimir Putin says he supported an idea to release Navalny in a prisoner exchange just days before the man who was his biggest foe died.

Putin said Monday, also without offering any evidence, that several days before Navalny's death, “certain colleagues, not from the administration” told him about “an idea to exchange Navalny for certain people held in penitentiary facilities in western countries." He said he supported the idea. The politician's associates said officials listed “natural causes” on paperwork Navalny's mother was shown when she was trying to retrieve his body., when he returned to Moscow of his own accord after recuperating in Germany from nerve agent poisoning he blamed on the Kremlin. He was immediately arrested. The Kremlin has vehemently denied it was behind the poisoning..

German officials have refused to comment when asked if there had been any effort by Russia to swap Krasikov.

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