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Associates of Alexey Navalny reported Tuesday night that the politician's close ally and top strategist, Leonid Volkov, was attacked in Vilnius.

TALLINN, Estonia — Associates of late opposition leader Alexei Navalny said late Tuesday that the politician’s close ally and top strategist was attacked near his home in Lithuania’s capital. Kira Yarmysh, who had been Navalny’s spokesperson, said the assailant smashed a window of Leonid Volkov’s car, sprayed tear gas into

Associates of late opposition leader Alexei Navalny reported Tuesday night that the politician's close ally and top strategist was attacked near his home in Lithuania's capital. Navalny's spokesman Kira Yarmysh said the assailant smashed a window of Leonid Volkov's car, sprayed tear gas into his eyes and started hitting him with a hammer. The attack took place in Vilnius nearly a month after Navalny's unexplained death in a remote Arctic penal colony.

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Leonid Volkov left Russia several years ago under pressure from the authorities.

Alexei Navalny's spokesman Kira Yarmysh said the assailant smashed a window of Leonid Volkov's car, sprayed tear gas into his eyes and started hitting him with a hammer. Police and an ambulance were on the way, Yarmysh said.

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Associates of late opposition leader Alexei Navalny said late Tuesday that the politician’s close ally and top strategist was attacked near his home in Lithuania’s capital. Kira Yarmysh, who had been Navalny’s spokesperson, said the assailant smashed a window of Leonid Volkov’s car, sprayed tear gas into his eyes and started […]

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Leonid Volkov was attacked near his residence in Vilnius. The assailant smashed a window of Volkovs car, sprayed tear gas into his eyes and started hitting him with a hammer.