It was the first known attack on a Russian opposition activist based in Lithuania, which has hosted leading members of the Russian and Belarusian opposition for several years
Leonid Volkov, the top aide of Alexei Navalny, pictured in Vilnius, Lithuania on March 12, 2024. “It was a typical, characteristic bandit greeting from Putin, from bandit St. Petersburg,” he said in a short video posted to Telegram, referring to Mr. Putin’s hometown and its notorious mafia.
Mr. Volkov, who also had visible cuts and bruises on his face, said he was able to walk and to continue his work despite the assailant’s attempts to “make mincemeat out of me.” The 43-year-old said he was back home on Wednesday after a brief hospital stay. “I can only say one thing to Putin – nobody is afraid of you here,” Mr. Nauseda told reporters in Paris on Wednesday, following a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron to discuss NATO’s response to theIn this handout picture posted on the official X account of Leonid Volkov's wife Anna Biryukova @a_biryukova on March 12, 2024 shows Leonid Volkov's wounds after he was attacked outside his home in Vilnius..
The assault took place less than a month after Mr. Navalny was found dead in an Arctic prison colony – his allies believe he was murdered for his opposition to Mr. Putin – and 11 days after tens of thousands of supporters attended Mr. Navalny’s funeral in Moscow in defiance on Kremlin pressure. Mr. Volkov co-hosted a simultaneous online memorial that was watched by hundreds of thousands of mourners.
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