Leonid Volkov, former right-hand man of the Russian opponent who died in detention, was the subject of an attack with a hammer on Tuesday evening.
The former right-hand man of Russian opponent Alexeï Navalny was the subject of an attack with a hammer in Lithuania on Tuesday evening.
According to Kira Yarmysh, former spokesperson for Alexei Navalny, Leonid Volkov was outside his Vilnius home in his car when men broke a window to spray him with tear gas and beat him. hammer blows.
Leonid Volkov was taken to hospital before being able to return home overnight. He has a broken arm, wounds and bruises.
This attack comes almost a month after the death of Alexei Navalny in an isolated penal colony in the Arctic, where Vladimir Putin’s main opponent was serving a 19-year prison sentence for “extremism”.
Shortly before his death, Alexei Navalny called on Russian voters to mobilize this Sunday, March 17, on the last day of the presidential election, to denounce the actions of the Kremlin. A campaign widely relayed in recent weeks by those around him.