Exiled Navalny aide warned of danger hours before hammer attack


Leonid Volkov, the top aide of Alexei Navalny, speaks during an interview with Reuters in Vilnius, Lithuania March 12, 2024. REUTERS/Gerhard Mey

VILNIUS (Reuters) - Hours before an assailant attacked him with a hammer and tear gas outside his home in Lithuania, the top aide to late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny told Reuters he and other exiles feared for their lives.

Leaders of Navalny's organisation knew they were facing "high individual risks", Leonid Volkov said in an interview filmed on Tuesday hours before an unidentified attacker assaulted him outside his home.

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