Alexei Navalny was about to be freed in prisoner swap, says colleague

By Laura Gozzi and Vitaly Shevchenko

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, charged with violating the terms of a 2014 suspended sentence for embezzlement, stands inside a glass cell during a court hearing in Moscow on February 2, 2021.

Navalny was arrested in January 2021 and was serving a 19 year sentence. Photo: Handout / Moscow City Court press service / AFP

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