Lithuania blames Putin for Vilnius hammer attack on Navalny aide

Alexei Navalny’s team published pictures of the injuries sustained by Volkov, in a Telegram post. Photograph: AP

Lithuania has blamed Moscow for the bloody hammer attack on a longtime aide to the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny outside his home in Vilnius.

Leonid Volkov, 43, was in hospital briefly after he was attacked with a hammer by an unknown assailant on Tuesday night in the Lithuanian capital.