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Belarusian held in Poland suspected of ordering hammer attack on Navalny ally

19/04/2024 15:00 The Guardian

Two Polish citizens detained earlier on suspicion of attacking Russian opposition figure Leonid Volkov in LithuaniaA Belarusian national has been detained in Poland on suspicion of ordering the attack on a top Russian opposition leader, Leonid Volkov, on Moscow’s behalf, the Polish prime minister, Donald Tusk, has announced.Volkov, a close aide of the late opposition leader Alexei Navalny, was briefly admitted to hospital last month after he was ambushed and attacked outside his house in Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania. The assailant smashed open Volkov’s car window and repeatedly struck him with a hammer, breaking Volkov’s left arm and damaging his left leg before fleeing the scene. Continue reading...

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