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War in Ukraine: Lithuania challenged to protect Kremlin opponents

2024-03-14T17:56:32.243Z

Highlights: Leonid Volkov, a close friend of Alexeï Navalny, was attacked with tear gas and a hammer in front of his home. Lithuanian intelligence services quickly indicated that this aggression was “probably organized and implemented by Russia’ Mikhail Maglov is an investigative journalist who has taken refuge in Lithuania for ten years. He says the authorities were counting on fear to make Vladimir Putin's opponents bend and they were unable to do anything. “We understood that after the murder of Alexei, an attack on someone would occur”


Since the beating in Vilnus of Leonid Volkov, one of the main Russian opposition figures, the country has been in crisis management.


Vilnus (Lithuania)

“This attack is the first case of political terrorism on our territory.”

The opinion comes from the national crisis management center, an organization which is notably responsible for civil protection in Lithuania.

On the evening of March 12, Leonid Volkov, a close friend of Alexeï Navalny who had taken refuge in Lithuania for several years, was attacked with tear gas and a hammer in front of his home.

There will now be a before and an after.

Mikhail Maglov is an investigative journalist who has taken refuge in Lithuania for ten years.

This close friend of Boris Nemtsov is not surprised.

“The authorities were counting on fear to make Vladimir Putin's opponents bend and they were unable to do anything.

Fear did not overcome the horror of the murder.

We understood that after the murder of Alexei, an attack on someone would occur.”

Lithuanian intelligence services quickly indicated that this aggression was

“probably organized and implemented by Russia”

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Source: lefigaro

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