Vladimir Putin was open to releasing Alexey Navalny, the Russian leader's fiercest critic and political rival whose unexpected death in an Arctic penal colony sparked international backlash, as part of Thursday's historic prisoner swap, according to The Wall Street Journal.
National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan told reporters in a White House press briefing that the US had been 'working with our partners on a deal that would have included Alexey Navalny.'
And unfortunately, he died,' Sullivan said. 'In fact, on the very day that he died, I saw Evan's parents, and I told them that the president was determined to get this done even in light of that tragic news and that we were going to work day and night to get to this day.'
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