Two men accused of attacking Navalny aide released on bail

17/10/2024 17:07

        Two Poles suspected of attacking an exiled aide of the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny have been released on bail from detention in Poland, a lawyer for one of them said on Thursday.
        
        The former aide, Leonid Volkov, suffered injuries from hammer blows during the attack on March 12 outside his home in Vilnius, the Lithuanian capital. Two men suspected of attacking him were arrested in Poland in April on a European Arrest Warrant issued by Lithuania.
        
        Last week a court in Warsaw ruled that they may be released after each paying 50,000 zlotys ($12,592) bail.
        
        In June, a Polish court ruled that the men could not be extradited to Lithuania as Polish prosecutors were conducting wider proceedings against them.