Leonid Volkov, Alexey’s former assistant Navalnyattacked with a hammer in Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania, according to his statement Kira Yarmyshformer representative Navalny.

“Volkov was just attacked in front of his house. “Someone broke the car window and sprayed tear gas in his eyes, after which the attacker began to beat Leonid with a hammer,” he wrote on the social network X. Video:

Lithuanian police said they were informed that a man had been beaten in front of his home and that officers were investigating.

Most of the political corps NavalnyThe Anti-Corruption Foundation, of which Volkov is a member, lives in Lithuania, a member of the European Union and NATO, after fleeing Russia.

Protest

Following Navalny’s death, Volkov called on Russians to attend en masse protests against President Vladimir Putin on election day.

The Kremlin warned there would be legal consequences for anyone heeding the call by what it described as dangerous US-backed extremists.

In a social media post on February 1, Navalny called on Russians to register their protest by voting simultaneously at noon on March 17. Navalny died in the Arctic colony on February 16. (Reuters).