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.