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Navalny ally Leonid Volkov injured in hammer attack in Vilnius

Photos published by late dissident’s team show Russian citizen covered in blood after assault outside his home in Lithuania

Leonid Volkov, a longtime aide to the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, has been attacked with a hammer outside his house in the Lithuanian capital, Vilnius.

“Volkov has just been attacked outside his house. Someone broke a car window and sprayed teargas in his eyes, after which the attacker started hitting Leonid with a hammer,” former Navalny spokesperson Kira Yarmysh wrote on X late on Tuesday.

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