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The top strategist of late Russian opposition leader Navalny is attacked in Lithuania's capital

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A Navalny spokesperson said the assailant smashed a window of Leonid Volkov's car, sprayed tear gas into his eyes and started hitting him with a hammer in Lithuania's capital.

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  1. Delaware Public Media

    The top strategist of late Russian opposition leader Navalny is attacked in Lithuania's capital (opens Delaware Public Media)

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    A Navalny spokesperson said the assailant smashed a window of Leonid Volkov's car, sprayed tear gas into his eyes and started hitting him with a hammer in Lithuania's capital.

  2. Minneapolis Star Tribune

    Close ally of late opposition leader Navalny is attacked in Lithuania's capital, team says (opens Minneapolis Star Tribune)

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    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.

  3. WTNH New Haven

    Close ally of late Russian opposition leader Navalny is attacked in Lithuania’s capital, team says (opens WTNH New Haven)

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    TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — 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, spray…

  4. CNN

    Navalny’s former chief of staff Leonid Volkov attacked with hammer in Lithuania (opens CNN)

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    Russian opposition activist Leonid Volkov, who is the former chief of staff of Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny, was attacked Tuesday outside his house in Vilnius, Lithuania, according to Navalny’s spokesperson Kira Yarmysh.

  5. New York Post

    Navalny’s ally blames brutal hammer attack on Putin’s ‘henchmen,’ vows not to give up (opens New York Post)

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    Leonid Volkov, a close associate of Alexei Navalny, was assaulted with a hammer outside his home in Lithuania, leaving him with a broken arm. The exiled Russian opposition figure blamed the attack on Vladimir Putin's cohorts.

  6. New York Post

    Navalny aide attacked with hammer in Lithuania (opens New York Post)

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    Late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny's long-time aid Leonid Volkov was assaulted with a hammer in the Lithuanian capitol Vilnius on Tuesday, former Navalny spokesperson Kira Yarmysh said.

  7. Deutsche Welle

    Navalny ally Leonid Volkov attacked near home in Lithuania – DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Prominent Russian opposition figure Leonid Volkov, an ally of the late Alexei Navalny, had his arm broken in an attack that he described as a "characteristic bandit hello from Putin's henchmen."

  8. The Boston Globe

    Ally of late Navalny accuses ‘Putin’s henchmen’ of attacking him in Lithuania, vows not to give up (opens The Boston Globe)

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    Leonid Volkov suffered a broken arm "and for now he cannot walk because of the severe bruising from the hammer blows,” according to Navalny’s The Anti-Corruption Foundation.

  9. France 24

    Navalny ally Leonid Volkov assaulted outside his home in Lithuania (opens France 24)

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    Leonid Volkov, a close ally of late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, was assaulted outside his home in Vilnius on Tuesday, in an incident that sparked an uproar from the Lithuanian government.

  10. Green Field Reporter

    Ally of late Navalny accuses 'Putin’s henchmen' of attacking him in Lithuania, vows not to give up - The Daily Reporter (opens Green Field Reporter)

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    VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Leonid Volkov, the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s close associate and top strategist, accused Wednesday Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “henchmen” of being behind a brutal attack that left him hospitalized in Lithuania’s capital and vowed to “not give up…

  11. NBC News

    Navalny ally accuses ‘Putin’s henchmen’ of hammer attack, but vows not to give up (opens NBC News)

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    Leonid Volkov, the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s close associate and top strategist, accused Wednesday Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “henchmen” of being behind a brutal attack that left him hospitalized in Lithuania’s capital and vowed to “not give up.”

  12. CBS News

    Ally of late Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny attacked in Lithuania (opens CBS News)

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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.

  13. Digital Journal

    Navalny ally Leonid Volkov attacked outside home in Lithuania (opens Digital Journal)

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    Leonid Volkov, a close ally of late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, was assaulted outside his home in Vilnius on Tuesday, in an incident that

  14. KESQ Palm Springs

    Russia blamed after Navalny’s former chief of staff attacked with hammer in Lithuania (opens KESQ Palm Springs)

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    By Darya Tarasova and Tara John, CNN (CNN) — Alexey Navalny’s chief of staff was attacked in Lithuania Tuesday, the Kremlin critic’s team said, as Lithuania’s intelligence agency pinned the blame on Russia as the “likely” force behind the assault.

  15. Los Angeles Times

    Ally of the late Alexei Navalny accuses 'Putin’s henchmen' of attacking him in Lithuania (opens Los Angeles Times)

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    Leonid Volkov has accused Russian President Vladimir Putin’s 'henchmen' of being behind a brutal attack that left him hospitalized in Lithuania.

  16. Triblive

    Top Alexei Navalny strategist attacked in Lithuania's capital (opens Triblive)

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    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 ca…

  17. WHDH Boston

    Navalny’s former chief of staff Leonid Volkov attacked with hammer in Lithuania - Boston News, Weather, Sports (opens WHDH Boston)

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    (CNN) — Russian opposition activist Leonid Volkov, who is the former chief of staff of the late Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny, was attacked Tuesday outside

  18. Digital Journal

    Attack on Navalny ally Volkov likely 'organised by Russia': Lithuania (opens Digital Journal)

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    Lithuanian intelligence services on Wednesday said that the attack on Russian opposition figure Leonid Volkov, a close ally of late opposition leader

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