Russian lawyer Anatoly Blinov has been arrested in Poland for allegedly organizing attacks on allies of Alexei Navalny.

A Russian citizen suspected of directing the beating of Leonid Volkov - an exiled top aide to late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny - was arrested in Poland, the National Prosecutors' Office said in a statement on Friday.

A Russian citizen has been arrested in Poland for allegedly orchestrating the beating of Leonid Volkov, a former aide to Alexei Navalny. This arrest follows earlier offenses against Russian opposition figures linked to Navalny's Anti-Corruption Foundation.

A Russian man has been charged in Poland over a hammer attack in neighbouring Lithuania on a top aide of late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny earlier this year, prosecutors said on Friday.

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