The popular newspaper Bild claims that Alexei Navalny died "perhaps shortly before his possible release" as part of a "detainee exchange" between the USA, Russia and Germany.
"According to Bild, a prisoner exchange was planned between Moscow, Washington and Berlin. Putin wanted to get back the 'Tiergarten killer', an agent who had shot an opponent of the regime in Berlin in 2019. He even hinted as much publicly in an interview with Tucker Carlson. There was talk of the possibility that Putin, in exchange, would release Navalny", writes the newspaper's website without providing further details on the matter.
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