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Putin says he supported Alexei Navalny prisoner swap

Russia’s best-known opposition figure died last month while serving a 19-year sentence on extremism charges that supporters say were politically motivated. ADVERTISEMENT Russian President Vladimir Putin said early on Monday that he supported an idea to release Alexei Navalny in a prisoner exchange just days before the opposition leader died. In his first comments addressing Navalny’s

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Navalny ally violently attacked in Lithuania

Allies and family of the late Russian dissident have vowed to continue his anti-Putin campaigning despite intimidation and threats. ADVERTISEMENT Leonid Volkov, a top ally and strategist of Alexey Navalny, has reportedly been assaulted near his home in Vilnus. According to Navalny spokeswoman Kira Yarmish, an assailant smashed through a window of Volkov’s car and

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Navalny aide Volkov attacked with hammer in Lithuania

Late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s long-time aide Leonid Volkov was assaulted with a hammer in the Lithuanian capitol Vilnius on Tuesday, former Navalny spokesperson Kira Yarmysh said. “Volkov has just been attacked outside his house. Someone broke a car window and sprayed tear gas in his eyes, after which the attacker started hitting Leonid

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Top Navalny Aide Attacked With Hammer Outside Home in Lithuania

The chief of staff to Aleksei A. Navalny, the Russian opposition leader who died last month in an Arctic penal colony, was attacked with a hammer and tear gas outside his home in Lithuania’s capital late Tuesday, according to Mr. Navalny’s press secretary, who said the police and an ambulance had been called to the

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