Putin claimed Navalny was to be swapped for Russian prisoners held by West

Anjali Sharma

GG News Bureau
WASHINGTON DC, 19th March.Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday has claimed that opposition leader Alexey Navalny, who died in prison was to be swapped for some Russian prisoners held in the Western nations.

Putin was speaking to supporters on Sunday said that senior Russian officials had floated the idea of a prisoner swap with the West a few days before Navalny’s death, RT reported.

Navalny died in February at the Polar Wolf colony inside the Arctic Circle.

He was serving a 19-year jail term for offences widely considered politically motivated.

The prison service in the Yamalo-Nenets district had said that Navalny “felt unwell and lost consciousness” after a walk.

It said in a statement “An emergency medical team tried to resuscitate him but without success,”.

Navalny wife Yulia Navalnaya had accused Putin for her husband’s murder and pledged to continue his work.