Navalny was close to being freed from prison before his death, says ally

Alexey Navalny could be sitting in this seat right now, right today. That's not a figure of speech, it could and should have happened, said Pevchikh.

In early February, Putin was offered to exchange the killer, FSB officer Vadim Krasikov, who's serving time for a murder in Berlin, for two American citizens and Alexey Navalny.

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