Unable to find place for Navalny's funeral. Kremlin warns that any protest would be illegal, and denies there were any exchange negotiations.
According to a Russian source cited by Reuters, Navalny would have given his consent to return to freedom in a possible exchange of prisoners scheduled for mid-February. The same source also claims that billionaire Roman Abramovich would have been involved in the talks. The only person Putin was ready to exchange him with was Krasikov. But the Germans were categorically against it, because it was an American problem.