Ally of the late Alexei Navalny accuses ‘Putin’s henchmen’ of attacking him in Lithuania
LA TimesAn image on Navalny Team’s Telegram channel shows the injured Leonid Volkov, an ally and top strategist of the late opposition leader Alexei Navalny. A close associate of the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny accused Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “henchmen” on Wednesday of being behind a brutal attack that left him hospitalized. Perpetrators will have to answer for their crime.” President Gitanas Nauseda, speaking to reporters, said: “I can only say one thing to Putin — nobody is afraid of you here.” But the attack in fact underlined a sense of insecurity felt not just by Russian dissidents abroad, but also the many to have fled Russian ally Belarus seeking safety in Lithuania, Poland and elsewhere. “I think the aim of such attacks is to paralyze people, to paralyze democratic movements.” The attack took place nearly a month after Navalny’s unexplained death in a remote Arctic penal colony.