Evening Update: Top Navalny aide alleges Kremlin was behind violent hammer assault in Lithuania

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Good evening, let’s start with today’s top stories: Leonid Volkov, who had served as the late Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny’s chief of staff as they tried to challenge Vladimir Putin’s grip on power over more than a decade, is accusing the Russian President of masterminding a violent assault that occurred outside his home in exile in Lithuania. Volkov was left with a broken arm and gashes on his face and leg after he was attacked with tear gas and hit 15 times with a meat hammer as he sat in his car on Tuesday night. Lithuania’s State Security Department...