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Poland Arrests Russian Lawyer Over Attacks on Navalny Allies

Anatoly Blinov, former lawyer of late oligarch Boris Berezovsky, detained in connection with assaults on Russian opposition figures.

  • Polish authorities have arrested Anatoly Blinov, a Russian lawyer, for allegedly organizing attacks on allies of the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny.
  • Blinov is accused of directing the beating of Leonid Volkov, an exiled top aide to Navalny, who was attacked in Vilnius, Lithuania.
  • The arrest is part of a broader investigation into attacks on Russian opposition figures, with eight suspects currently detained.
  • Polish prosecutors have linked Blinov to Leonid Nevzlin, former co-head of Russian oil company YUKOS, in orchestrating these attacks.
  • Navalny, a prominent critic of President Putin, died in prison earlier this year, raising suspicions about the circumstances of his death.
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