EA close confidant of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, who died in Russian custody, was violently attacked while in exile in Lithuania. Kira Jarmisch, who was Navalny’s spokeswoman until his death, said this on Tuesday evening. Leonid Volkov, one of the best-known Russian opposition figures, was attacked in front of his house with tear gas and a hammer, among other things.
“Someone broke a car window and sprayed tear gas in his eyes. “The attacker then began attacking Leonid with a hammer,” Jarmisch wrote on X. She did not provide any information regarding where Volkov lives. But the independent Russian online media Mediazona reported that the opposition figure is in Lithuania. The Lithuanian police, for their part, confirmed that “a Russian citizen was attacked in front of his house,” according to the news website Deli.
Navalny supporters spread photos of Volkov online showing him with multiple injuries. They showed, among other things, that the 43-year-old Russian had a black eye and blood on his leg that seeped through his jeans. Volkov was one of Navalny’s closest confidants and, among other things, former chief of staff. He also headed the anti-corruption foundation founded by the Kremlin critic until 2023.
Most recently, Volkov warned once morest lies from the Kremlin and Moscow state propaganda in the Navalny case. If the news of Navalny’s death is true, then Navalny did not just die, but Russian President Vladimir Putin killed him, Volkov wrote. Last year he received the Theodor Heuss Prize. The Theodor Heuss Foundation said that Volkov was taking great risks once morest state lies and disinformation campaigns in Russia.
According to Russian authorities, Navalny died on February 16 in a Russian prison camp in the Arctic, where he was serving a 19-year prison sentence. According to Russian information, the 47-year-old opposition figure died of “natural causes,” although the exact circumstances remain unclear. Navalny’s supporters and numerous Western politicians blame the Russian leadership and President Vladimir Putin for Navalny’s death.
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