Ally of late Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny attacked in Lithuania

Associates of the late Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny reported Tuesday night that the politician's close ally and top strategist, Leonid Volkov, was attacked near his home in Lithuania's capital.

Navalny's spokesman Kira Yarmysh said in a social media post that an assailant smashed a window of Volkov's car, sprayed tear gas into his eyes and started hitting him with a hammer. Police and an ambulance were on the way, Yarmysh said.

Lithuanian police spokesperson Ramunas Matonis confirmed to Agence France-Presse that a Russian citizen was assaulted near his home in the capital Vilnius at around 10 p.m. local time.