Navalny’s key ally attacked with a hammer outside his home in Lithuania in ‘horror attack on Putin’s orders’ – The Sun
ALEXEI Navalny’s old ally was brutally attacked with a hammer outside his home in Lithuania in a horror attack allegedly ordered by Vladimir Putin.
Leonid Volkov, who served as chief of staff to the late opposition leader in 2018, was rushed to hospital after suffering injuries to his head and legs.
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Volkov, 43, was attacked while in his car last night, with the unknown assailant smashing his window before spraying tear gas into his eyes.
The brutal attacker then hit Volkov 15 times with a hammer in what the Lithuanian president described as a “pre-planned” attack carried out by Putin’s henchmen.
Hours before the brutal attack, Volkov had said he and other exiles feared for their lives and knew Putin could kill them at any time.
He said: “They know that Putin is killing not only people inside Russia, but also people outside Russia. We are living in very dark times.”
Hours after issuing the sinister warning, Volkov was attacked outside his home in Vilnius.
Kira Yarmysh, a former spokesperson for Navalnysaid: “His car window was broken and tear gas was sprayed in his eyes, after which the attacker started hitting Leonid with a hammer.
“He started defending himself with the car door and his legs [the attacker] hit him wherever he could, on his legs.”
Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation, which Volkov headed until last year, said he had sent back a number of people after being treated in hospital.
It showed that the activist can now no longer walk due to broken bones and serious injuries caused by the hammer blows
Speaking about the attack, Volkov said: “[the attack] was an obvious, typical gangster greeting from Putin, from bandit St. Petersburg.
“[The attacker] I wanted to make me a schnitzel.
“We will continue to work and we will not surrender.”
Calling it a Russian state-sponsored attack, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda said today: “The attack on Leonid Volkov was clearly pre-planned and in line with other attacks.” provocations against the Baltic nation.”
In his speech to Putin, the president added: “I can only say one thing to Putin: no one is afraid of you here.”
[The attack] was an obvious, typical gangster greeting from Putin, from bandit St. Petersburg
Leonid Volkov
Russian opposition journalist Sergey Parkhomenko wrote on Telegram: “Volkov lives outside the city, in a quiet residential area.
“So this is not a random street hooligan or a robber. This is a man who went there specifically to attack Volkov.”
Police have now launched an investigation into the attack, which is believed to be politically motivated.
Dozens of officers with dogs and flashlights searched the area around Volkov’s home, which was cordoned off after the brutal attack.
Leonid Volkov was a vocal critic who collaborated with Navalny fight against the Kremlin.
Like his Navalny, the activist also faced several political charges Russiawhich prompted him to fly out of the country, fearing for his own safety.
And since then he has lived on the outskirts of Vilnius in Lithuania.
Volkov served as Navalny’s chief of staff during his 2018 presidential election and was chairman of the Anti-corruption Foundation, which the late opposition leader founded.
The attack on Leonid Volkov was clearly pre-planned and is in line with other provocations against the Baltic nation
Gitanas Nauseda
Despite living in exile, Volkov has continued his political activism against Putin through corruption investigations and protests.
He has vowed that the attack will not stop him – and called on Russian voters to join them a peaceful protest on Sunday 17 – the last day of Putin’s sham elections.
The protest was called by Navalny‘s vengeful widow Julia who urged the Russians to unleash chaos on election day Vladimir Putin look at another term.
She supported an initiative to overload polling stations Russians go out to vote on that day.
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Paranoid Putin
The attack on the Kremlin critic comes after a paranoid Putin ordered FSB agents to prevent it Funeral of Alexei Navalny not result in a large-scale uprising.
The The worried dictator was afraid that the event would paint a picture similar to the farewell of the outspoken Soviet physicist Andrei Sakharov in 1989.
Two key sources said Navalny’s deployment “caused unrest among the country’s top leadership, despite the ostentatious self-confidence shown by President Vladimir Putin.”
Navalny, 47, died in Polar Wolf Prison in the Russian Arctic on February 16 while serving a 19-year prison sentence on trumped-up charges of extremism.
It was claimed that his body was found under the bruises.
Western leaders and members of his camp have since claimed that he was “assassinated” on the direct orders of Vladimir Putin.
Bee Navalny’s funeralhuge crowds shouted ‘Russia without Putin‘ as the feared murdered opposition leader was lowered into a grave.
Footage from the scene showed a large crowd of people clapping and shouting Navalny’s name as the hearse carrying his body arrived at the Church of the Icon of the Mother of God eases my grief.
Mourners were heard chanting: “Putin is a murderer,” “We will not forget,” “Freedom for political prisoners” and “Russia without Putin.”
According to one of his allies, more than a thousand people waited near the church to pay their respects to the anti-corruption activist.
Many carried flowers and stood in silence as uniformed officers checked documents and personal belongings before the ceremony.
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