Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev on Thursday expressed criticism of the large-scale prisoner exchange between Moscow and several Western countries. “Of course I would like these traitors to Russia to rot in a penitentiary or die in a prison,” Medvedev wrote on Telegram about the release of Kremlin critics. “But it makes more sense to release our own people who have worked for the country, for the fatherland, for all of us,” he added. Medvedev, who now serves as deputy chairman of Russia’s Security Council, said that the “traitors” will now adopt new names and “hide themselves under wit…