Maria Pevchikh says negotiations for a prisoner trade had been of their ultimate levels at the night sooner than his demise.
Russian opposition baby-kisser, Alexei Navalny, was once about to being freed in a prisoner switch on the time of his demise, in keeping with considered one of his shut allies.
Anti-corruption activist, Maria Pevchikh, who’s chairperson of Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation, made the declare on Navalny’s YouTube channel on Monday.
She stated the overdue baby-kisser and two United States citizen had been to be exchanged for Vadim Krasikov, a Russian FSB officer who’s serving time in Germany for the assassination of a former Chechen rebellion commander.
“I received confirmation that negotiations were in their final stages on the evening of 15 February. On 16 February, Alexei was killed,” she stated within the video.
Pevchikh additionally repeated an allegation made via supporters and Navalny’s circle of relatives that President Vladimir Putin had him killed.
She stated Putin may just now not tolerate the despite the fact that of him being unfastened.
Navalny died in his mobile at a penal colony in Siberia the place he was once serving sentences that may have saved him in jail for many years for fees that had been extensively noticed as politically motivated.
Prison officers stated the 47-year-old had misplaced awareness after being out for a stroll and died in a while in a while. His demise certificates states he died of herbal reasons.
The Kremlin has denied Russian state involvement in his demise.
Navalny’s frame was once passed over on Saturday to his mom who was once reportedly requested to conform to a “secret” burial, failing which he could be buried on the jail colony the place he died.
In a submit on X, previously referred to as Twitter, his spokesperson, Kira Yarmysh, stated they had been nonetheless searching for an appropriate venue to carry a public funeral for the overdue baby-kisser.
Arrangements for Navalny’s interment are but to be introduced, however Russian telegram channels document that he could also be buried in a Moscow cemetery on 29 February.
