The former chief of staff of Navalny attacked with a hammer inLithuania
Leonid Volkov, a top aide to the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, was injured by a hammer-wielding assailant in Lithuania on Tuesday. Volkov is recovering after hammer attack in Lithuania, where he was attacked by a man in a car.
Photos showed Leonid Volkov with a bruise on his forehead and a bloodied leg following the attack outside his home. Photos showed him with a bruised face and a bloody leg after the hammer attack. Alexei Navalny’s ally was hit by a hammer outside his house in Moscow.
Leonid Volkov: Alexei Navalny ally attacked in Lithuania. Opposition leader's team says he was assaulted with a hammer and pepper sprayed. Volkov was a supporter of Navalny's anti-Putin opposition leader. He was killed in a car crash in the city of Vilniki.
Leonid Volkov is the former chief of staff of Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny. He was attacked outside his house in Vilnius, Lithuania, according to Navalny’s spokesperson Kira Yarmysh. Volkov was attacked with hammer outside his home in Lithuania.
Alexei Navalny ally Leonid Volkov attacked with hammer near home. Mr Navalny's spokesperson Kira Yarmysh said the attacker smashed a window of his car, sprayed tear gas into his eyes and started hitting him with a hammer. The attacker smashed the window of the car and hit Volkov with a hammer.
Close ally of late Russian opposition leader Navalny is attacked in Lithuania's capital, team says. Associates of the late opposition leader Alexei Navalny reported on Tuesday night that the politician’s close ally and top strategist was attacked near his home in Lithuania. Navalny's top strategist and close ally was attacked in the Lithuanian capital.
Russian national described as Alexei Navalny's "top strategist" attacked in Lithuanian capital. Top strategist of late Russian opposition leader Navalny is attacked in Lithuania's capital. He was the victim of a teargas and hammer attack in the Lithuanian city of Vilnasa.
Lithuanian police are investigating the assault on 43-year-old Leonid Volkov. It remains unclear who carried out the attack - and their motive - and who carried it out. It is unclear if the attacker was involved in the attack on Volkov, a Navalny ally.