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Navalny Aide Leonid Volkov Attacked With Hammer Outside Vilnius Home

Leonid Volkov, the former chief of staff of late Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny, was attacked on Tuesday outside his house in Vilnius, Lithuania. The attack on Volkov comes on the eve of Russia ’s upcoming presidential election, running from 15 to 17 March, which President Vladimir Putin is expected to win having neutralized his political opponents. Last month, Volkov urged Russians to turn out in big numbers for an election day protest against Putin called by Navalny shortly before he died suddenly in an Arctic prison on February 16.

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