Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis commented on reports of an attack on Leonid Volkov near his home in Vilnius. “The news about the attack on Leonid is shocking. The relevant authorities are working. The perpetrators will have to answer for their crime,” Landsbergis wrote on the social network X (formerly Twitter). The attack on Volkov was reported by Alexei Navalny’s associates Kira Yarmysh and Ivan Zhdanov.

Leonid Volkov, one of Alexei Navalny’s closest associates, told Meduza what threat members of Navalny’s team face. Meduza spoke with Volkov on March 12. In the evening he was attacked. “The key risk now is that we will all be killed. Well, this is a pretty obvious thing,” Leonid Volkov told Meduza. This is how he answered the question about what key risks he sees for Navalny’s team. According to Volkov, this option looks like a completely logical development of the current situation.

An associate of Alexei Navalny was beaten with a hammer outside his home in Vilnius Leonid Volkov, an associate of Alexei Navalny, was attacked in Vilnius. Navalny's press secretary Kira Yarmysh said that the attack took place near Volkov's house. They broke the window in his car, sprayed tear gas in his eyes, after which the attacker began beating Volkov with a hammer. “Now Leonid is at home, the police and an ambulance are on their way to him,” Yarmysh wrote.

Content warning: This story features bloody images and descriptions. Leonid Volkov, the former chairman of Alexey Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation, was attacked outside of his home in Lithuania on Tuesday, Navalny’s press secretary Kira Yarmysh reported on X. According to Yarmysh, the attacker broke the window of Volkov’s car and sprayed tear gas in his eyes before beating him repeatedly with a hammer. Yarmysh said an ambulance and law enforcement were on their way to the scene.

An attempt to break through the border in Russia’s Belgorod and Kursk regions has left 234 Ukraine-aligned fighters dead, the Russian Defense Ministry reported on Tuesday. In a statement posted on Telegram, the Russian Defense Ministry claimed that its forces repelled attacks from three different directions as Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance groups tried to cross into Russia in the early hours of March 12.

Alexei Navalny's former chief of staff Leonid Volkov was attacked near his home in Vilnius, Navalny's press secretary Kira Yarmysh said. “Leonid Volkov was just attacked near his house. They broke the window in his car and sprayed tear gas in his eyes, after which the attacker began beating Leonid with a hammer. Now Leonid is at home, the police and an ambulance are on their way to him,” Yarmysh wrote.

Against the backdrop of Russia’s upcoming presidential elections and protests over opposition politician Alexey Navalny’s murder, the Russian authorities may decide that blocking off the Internet completely is their safest option. Millions of Meduza’s readers live in Russia and rely on our reporting for accurate news about the world. Here’s what we think might happen and how we’re preparing ourselves.

Russian troops launched a missile strike on Krivoy Rog on the evening of March 12, damaging at least two apartment buildings and injuring dozens of people, regional administration head Sergei Lysak said. to him According , a five-story and a nine-story building were damaged during the shelling, and a fire started in the latter. As of 22:30 Moscow time , three local residents were killed as a result of the Russian attack, and another 48 people, including ten children, were injured.

During an attempt by armed formations fighting on the side of Ukraine to break through into the Belgorod and Kursk regions, 234 saboteurs were killed, the press service of the Russian Defense Ministry stated. According to the department, on the night of March 12, sabotage and reconnaissance groups (DRG) attempted to cross the Russian border from three directions: from the settlement of Odnorobovka in the Kharkov region and in the areas of Nekhoteyevka and Spodaryushino in the Belgorod region.

Vladimir Kara-Murza urged the West not to recognize the results of the elections of the President of Russia Julius Kalinskas / 15min.lt / Scanpix / Leta Politician and journalist Vladimir Kara-Murza wrote a column in The Washington Post, dedicated to the upcoming elections in Russia. In it, he explained why the next term of Vladimir Putin as the president would be illegal, and called on the Western countries not to consider him a legitimate head of state.

In Petrozavodsk, private clinics refused to perform a medical abortion on a local resident, citing a ban from the regional Ministry of Health. The woman herself told the Daily Karelia publication about this. “Previously, this procedure was available to any woman in our republic in many clinics and hospitals. But as of this week I cannot find a single place where I could perform this procedure.

Members of the European Parliament approved a directive on the criminalization of violations related to circumvention of EU sanctions, the press service of the parliament reports. The initiative was supported by 543 deputies, 45 people voted against, and 27 abstained. The document establishes definitions of violations and principles of punishment for them.

SOTA Artist Katrin Nenasheva being taken away for questioning. St. Petersburg, Russia. March 12, 2024. On March 12, Russian Federal Security (FSB) agents and police officers raided the homes of artists and activists across the country. Many of the artists were subsequently taken in for questioning.

Journalist Yuri Dud called on business representatives who “have no legal connection” with Russia to place advertisements after Russian advertisers were banned from doing so. In his post, Dud published a selection of advertising integrations that appeared in his interview and told how his team made them to interest the audience and viewers watched the advertisement to the end. According to him, the project was “never shy” about advertising and was grateful to those who were willing to place it.

Your Browser Does Not Support the Audio Element. After the elections in Russia (this is almost accurately), taxes will grow - and not only for business, but also for citizens. Will this money go to something except the war? The Government of the Russian Federation is discussing an increase in income tax for some citizens from 13 to 15%, and for the most wealthy - up to 20%, “important stories” report with reference to their sources.