Leonid Volkov, Alexey Navalny's former chief of staff, speaks during an interview in Vilnius, Lithuania, in 2022.
Mandatory Credit:	Janis Laizans/Reuters/File via CNN Newsource

Leonid Volkov, Alexey Navalny's former chief of staff, speaks during an interview in Vilnius, Lithuania, in 2022.
Mandatory Credit: Janis Laizans/Reuters/File via CNN Newsource

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Navalny’s former chief of staff Leonid Volkov attacked with hammer in Lithuania

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