Within the past hour or so, he confirmed actually reports that weve heard before that the kremlin was engaged in an negotiation to possibly free Alexey Navalny in the days before he finally died in an arctic penal you know, colony, a death by the way, that Vladimir Putin described as a sad event. Take a listen for mr. Navalnys passed away. Some colleagues told you that they were not members of the administration some people said that there is an idea to change mr. Navalny for some people who are in prison in western countries, you can believe me or you can choose not to. The person who spoke to me. You have not finished his sentence. Yes. I said i agree but unfortunately, what happened happened, we would exchange him i said and you pay only on one condition that he doesnt come back from the go. Let them sit there. Thats all that happens. What can we do about it . Well they, have it paula. A pretty interesting description of the negotiations that went on, apparently behind the scenes to
cairo. president mohamed morsi is shaking it up and the country s strong leadership by replacing two key generals including field marshall mohammed hussein pentawi who is the most powerful man in egypt. he is the defense minister in power after the removal of former leader hosni mew bark and he was given a top medal and sent into retirement. that is right. for more, we are joined by ian lees in cairo. and ian, a lot of people look at this and say, political tsunami and game-changer in egypt. how does morsi and this guy survive? is there going to be any backlash when he has the top military general s out and his own people in? well, suzanne, he is definitely now the most powerful man in egypt and not only presidential power, but legislative power and enormous sway over the writing of the constitution. and people are wondering what will the military s response be? the military has been tight lipped so far, and in the past, we usually don t hear what the military is going to d