An activist of the opposition group led by Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny was beaten by strangers in eastern Russia and apparently seriously injured. It’s not the first attack of its kind in recent days. An employee of the poisoned Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny was beaten up in the city of Chelyabinsk ahead of the upcoming regional elections. Alexej Baraboschkin, coordinator of Navalny’s staff in the city on the Urals, was attacked by strangers during the night, the team said. He may have sustained serious head injuries.
Activists from the Navalny area were attacked with chemical substances
The rescue workers assumed the victim had a fractured skull. Telephone or money were not stolen. According to a report by the Interfax news agency, the police announced they would be investigating the case. Several Navalny workers reportedly received numerous threats in the past few weeks. In Chelyabinsk, the regional parliament is elected at the weekend. Navalny’s team wants to break the dominance of the Kremlin party United Russia there. A few days ago, an office in the city of Novosibirsk in which a group of opposition activists who are close to Navalny works was attacked. An unknown person stormed into the office on Tuesday and broke a bottle containing an unknown chemical. Two people were taken to the hospital.
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The Russian regional elections start on Friday and last for three days. The political mood in the country is tense, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin is under pressure because of the economic and corona crisis as well as corruption scandals in the ranks of his party. Nevertheless, his United Russia party should emerge victorious in almost all regions. Alexej Navalny is currently being treated for poisoning at the Berlin Charité after falling into a coma on a domestic flight in Russia. He is now conscious again. The 44-year-old is one of the sharpest critics of Kremlin boss Vladimir Putin.