Lithuania blames Russia for hammer attack on exiled Navalny aide

The top aide to late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny blamed the Kremlin on Wednesday after he was an assaulted with a hammer and tear gas outside his home in Vilnius.
In a post on Telegram, Leonid Volkov said he had returned home on Wednesday morning after a night in hospital, suffering from a broken arm and injuries from about 15 hammer blows to the leg.
“This is an obvious, typical criminal ‘hello’ from Putin, from criminal Petersburg”, he wrote.
“We will keep on working and we will not surrender”, Volkov added. “It hard but we’ll handle it… It’s good to know I’m still alive.”
Earlier, former Navalny spokesperson Kira Yarmysh posted images of Volkov with a bruise on his forehead, blood coming from a leg wound, and a vehicle with damage to the driver’s door and window.