Longtime Aide To Alexei Navalny Attacked With Hammer Outside His Home
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Leonid Volkov, who worked with Navalny as a top adviser, was injured outside his home in Lithuania.
A longtime aide to the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was attacked with a hammer outside his home in Lithuania on Tuesday, less than a month after the fierce critic of Vladimir Putin died in prison.
Leonid Volkov, who worked with Navalny as a top adviser and helped run his campaigns, was left bloodied after the attack, a spokesperson who worked for the opposition leader wrote on X. Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation posted brutal photos on the social media site, which show Volkov with a bloody leg and face injuries.
The man lives in Lithuania in self-imposed exile for at least four years. A court in Moscow had ordered his arrest in 2021 on charges officials condemned as “politically motivated prosecution.”
“Someone broke a car window and sprayed tear gas in his eyes, after which the attacker started hitting Leonid with a hammer,” Kira Yarmysh wrote. “Leonid is now at home, police and ambulance are on their way to him.”
He has returned home with a broken hand or arm, and was unable to walk due to injuries to his leg, Volkov’s wife said later Tuesday, per the BBC.
