People close to Alexei Navalny, a prominent critic of the Kremlin who died in a Russian prison camp, have said they are happy about the prisoner exchange between Western states and Russia and the release of numerous opposition figures. The Navalny team itself helped to compile the list, said Maria Pevchikh, head of the anti-corruption fund founded by the late opposition leader. “I hope this will be repeated an infinite number of times,” she said. Pevchikh and other Navalny supporters travelled to the German city of Cologne to receive the opposition members released to Germany by Russian Presid…