Negotiations on the prisoner exchange between Russia and the West lasted more than two years. Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was supposed to be released as part of the exchange, Reuters reports. The news agency, citing its sources, notes that the United States and Russia began negotiating the exchange in early 2022. This happened after the detention of American basketball player Brittney Griner in Russia. In February 2022, the Russians were ready to talk and repeatedly approached Washington with a proposal. Russia wanted to return the killer Vadim Krasikov and was ready to release fo…