Putin Says He Agreed to Navalny Swap Before Activist’s Death

Russian President Vladimir Putin, speaking after preliminary results showed him with 87.2% support in the election that ended Sunday, confirmed at a news conference that he’d agreed to swap opposition leader Alexey Navalny for unidentified people held in Western jails days before the anti-Kremlin critic’s death last month in an Arctic prison camp, on condition that he never returned to Russia. (Source: Russian Pool via APTN)