Navalny aide attacked with hammer in Lithuania

Late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s long-time aid Leonid Volkov was assaulted with a hammer in the Lithuanian capitol Vilnius on Tuesday, former Navalny spokesperson Kira Yarmysh said.

“Volkov has just been attacked outside his house. Someone broke a car window and sprayed tear gas in his eyes, after which the attacker started hitting Leonid with a hammer,” she wrote on social media website X.

She posted images showing Volkov with a bruise on his forehead, blood coming from a leg wound, and a vehicle with damage to the driver’s door and window.

Leonid Volko, Alexei Navalny’s long-time aid, is seen in this photo with a bruised forehead after he was hit with a hammer in the Lithuanian capitol Vilnius on March 12. IVAN ZHDANOV / Telegram

Lithuania’s Foreign Affairs Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis, who also leads Homeland Union, the ruling party, called the assault “shocking.”

“Perpetrators will have to answer for their crime,” he wrote on X.

Lithuanian police said they had been informed a man was beaten outside his home, and were investigating.

Blood is seen dripping down Leonid Volkos’s leg after he was attacked in the Lithuanian capitol Vilnius on March 12. IVAN ZHDANOV / Telegram
Lithuania’s Foreign Affairs Minister called the attack on Alexei Navalny’s long-time aid “shocking.” AP

Police fenced off a pine forest near Volkov’s house on Vilnius’ northern outskirts, and officers with dogs and flashlights were seen searching it late on Tuesday night.

A large part of Navalny’s political group, the Anti-Corruption Foundation, which includes Volkov, are residing in European Union and NATO member Lithuania after fleeing Russia.

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