Leonid Volkov, former chief of staff of Alexei Navalny, was attacked outside his home in Lithuania, Navalny’s former spokesperson Kira Yarmysh has said.
“Leonid 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. Leonid is now at home, police and ambulance are on their way to him,” Yarmish wrote.
“Leonid Volkov was attacked with a hammer. He is alive, I will publish the details later. […] The attack took place in front of his house, they hit him in the legs with a hammer,” Ivan Zhdanov, the director of Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation, wrote on Telegram.
Volkov served as chairman of Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) until 2023.
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny died in an Arctic prison on February 16.
