leonid volkov, currently in washington, dc, 3 very warm welcome to hardtalk.hanks for the invitation. you've had, what, roughly three weeks to process the death of your political boss, alexei navalny. tell me, what are your overriding feelings right now? well, i still can't believe it, frankly. there is a deep, bleeding hole in my heart. alexei was not only, like, a political leader, he was also a very close friend. and, you know, in the last years when he was imprisoned, and we were exchanging emails, were often discussing, like, the future and how we will go there and here, and discuss this and that, and do this and that. and it's hard for mejust to get used to this new world where alexei isn't here any more, because he was a great personality who was, like, really able to fill any room where he was in. and he's very much missed. i understand the deep grief. would it also be fair to use the word "despair" about your current feeling? no, that's not correct. alexi was a very inspirational leader, and his main slogan was, like, "never give up." and if there is

leonid volkov was assaulted with a hammer and tear gas while in his car in vilnius on tuesday night.ed assailant is unknown, as is their motive. mr volkov has lived outside russia for some years for his own safety and served as mr navalny�*s chief—of—staff until the opposition leader died suddenly in prison in the russian arctic last month. speaking earlier on the day he was attacked, mr volkov highlighted the threats navalny�*s team were facing by standing up to vladimir putin. that's why putin launches all these criminal cases and poisons and killings etc, indeed to push people out of the country where it is very complicated for them to stay relevant. matthew sussex is senior fellow of central european studies at the australian national university, he gave his take on the situation. regardless of who was directly responsible for beating up leonid volkov, the message that it sends will be a fairly common one for those who follow russian politics. and that is, if you are an opponent of the putin regime, as leonid volkov through his relationship with mr navalny most certainly was, it

this is leonid volkov, a long time ally of navalny.sday night. he was left with a broken arm and covered in blood.(biv)but and covered in blood. but mr volkov is not detered — he released this video message — blaming putin — and urging people to carry on fighting him. (sot) translation: thank you very i much for your words of support. it's a bit tough but never mind, we'll get over it. i was pleased to read what you had written to me. even more so because while i was reading, i knew i was still alive. they wanted to make me into a schnitzel with a meat hammer right outside my house, in the yard. the attacker hit me 15 times in my leg. surprisingly, the leg is still in one piece. it is difficult to walk but apparently the leg is not broken. my arm has been broken instead. oh, well, i'll live. the most important thing is, we will continue working and we will not surrender. i am not ready to make any comments except for this. it was another obvious, typical, classic gangster hello from putin, from the gangster petersburg. vladimir vladimi

leonid volkov, currently in washington, dc, a very warm welcome to hardtalk.verriding feelings right now? well, i still can't believe it, frankly. there is a deep, bleeding hole in my heart.

he also says he has a broken arm, however, leonid volkov, just like the anti-corruption foundation, the other members of its say they are not going to stop their political work. jake fred pleitgen in berlin, germany. thanks so much. >> coming up. we always hear about spacecraft making a quote, fiery re-entry into earth's atmosphere. but today we actually got to see one live as it happened well i'll bring you these incredible pictures right after the break >> mornings cough, digestion, i'm feeling better all in one and done with new mucinex kickstarting >> better now kick-start gives only one and done relief with our morning jolted cooling sensation, >> come back seat for nearly a decade, i served in the navy supporting seal teams. today, i run sabo outdoors with fellow special operations veterans our mobile app connects customers with hunting, fishing, and other outdoor experiences american technology has been essential to our growth. but some in washington want to stifle fulton small businesses like ours depend on this misguided agenda will empower foreign adversaries threaten national

this is leonid volkov, a long time ally of navalny. car in the lithuanian capital vilnius on tuesday night. he was left with a broken arm and covered in blood. navalny�*s team social media post saying this. a short time ago, mr volkov released a video message and urged russians to continue their struggle against president putin. translation: thank you very i much for your words of support. it's a bit tough but never mind, we'll get over it. i was pleased to read what you had written to me. even more so because while i was reading, i knew i was still alive. they wanted to make me into a schnitzel with a meat hammer right outside my house, in the yard. the attacker hit me 15 times in my leg. surprisingly, the leg is still in one piece. it is difficult to walk but apparently the leg is not broken. my arm has been broken instead. oh, well, i'll live. the most important thing is, we will continue working and we will not surrender. i am not ready to make any comments except for this. it was another obvious, typical, classic gangster hello fr

leonid volkov, currently in washington, dc, a very warm welcome to hardtalk.cal boss, alexei navalny. tell me, what are your overriding feelings right now? well, i still can't believe it, frankly. there is a deep, bleeding hole in my heart.

i want to listen into some of what leonid volkov had to say afterwards >> multiple global news check them all. well, listen, >> this will >> pass, not the main thing is that we will continue to work and we will not give up. so law i'm not ready to give any comments yet. other than the obvious that this was such an obvious typical gangster greeting for buttigieg from gangster st. petersburg. vladimir vladimirovich. >> hello to you too. >> that's leonid volkov there speaking after the attack, obviously saying that he is now on the men, that he will continue the work that to the anti-corruption foundation of the late alexey navalny has been conducting so far we've got no comment yet from the kremlin. however, we have had some from lithuanian intelligence. they say they also believe that this operation, but this attack was orchestrated by the russians. they believe that the russians are trying to intimidate the russian opposition into stopping their activities in lithuania ahead of what the lithuanians call an undemocratic election in russia. and then there was one thing that alex just m

ostracised or potentially dead. —— leonid volkov.er you are in russia's borders or outside of them and i think that's how this message will be interpreted. the elections _ will be interpreted. the elections in _ will be interpreted. the elections in russia - will be interpreted. the elections in russia taking place next weekend, timing of this? , , ., , this? yes, it is sad reality that when _ this? yes, it is sad reality that when it _ this? yes, it is sad reality that when it comes - this? yes, it is sad reality that when it comes to - this? yes, it is sad reality- that when it comes to elections in russia, bad things tend to happen to people in the lead up to the selection of course, as navalny dying and impressing so and morkov being beaten, we can remember back to 2018 when the poisoning of the salisbury happen only two weeks before the russian presidential election. —— volkov. these things tend to somewhat link. it's interesting because alexei navalny is widow has called on opponents of vladimir putin to turn up at polling stat

this is leonid volkov, a long—time ally of mr navalny.nian capital vilnius on tuesday night. he was left with a broken arm and covered in blood. in a tweet, navalny�*s team said he'd been attacked outside his house. someone broke a car window and sprayed tear gas in his eyes, after which the attacker began hitting him with a hammer. mr volkov has released a video message urging russians to continue the struggle against president putin. translation: thank you very much for your words of support. _ it's a bit tough, but never mind. we'll get over it. i was pleased to read what you had written to me. even more so because while i was reading, i knew i was still alive. they wanted to make me into a schnitzel with a meat hammer right outside my house, in the yard. the attacker hit me 15 times in my leg. surprisingly, the leg is still in one piece. it is difficult to walk, but apparently the leg is not broken. my arm has been broken instead. oh, well, i'll live. the most important thing is we will continue working and we will not surrender. i am

leonid volkov spoke to reuters just hours before the attack on tuesday and directly accused putin ofordering navalny's killing. >> but in the moment, is very strong and impose normal damage. that is what we have seen the last years in ukraine and seen in the murder of a. we have no doubt it is putin's personal order to kill him. amy: the attack occurred ahead of this weakens election in russia. calling on a protest at noon on sunday. special counsel robert hur testified before congress tuesday about his report on president biden's mishandling of classified documents. republican lawmakers criticized hur for not filing charges against the president while democrats accused him of unfairly maligning the president. in his report last month, hur described biden as a "well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory." democrats say a newly released transcript of hur's interview with biden shows the president's memory was far stronger than hur indicated. at one point during the interview, hur described biden's memory as photographic. democratic congressmember adam schiff criticized hur about his

less a mystery is what happened to another foreign agent included in russia’s list of terrorists, leonid volkov figure was beaten with a hammer in vilnius, and the window in the car is broken , there is a sad photo of him, and his leg seems to be covered in blood, but volkov does not look like a chop , as he later calls himself in the video, no, of course, he is in that jar with spiders, which their supposed opposition has long turned into, anyone could attack him, these already moth-eaten fighters against the regime are ready to gnaw each other’s throats for crumbs of grants, but somehow all this happened very timely, a decommissioned fighter against the volkov regime, somewhere he got 15 times in the leg with a hammer, this whole staging, it’s in the same convoy as the media provocations of the central police service, the same as suicidal storms special forces of the armed forces of ukraine, which... this is an old bad anti-russian manual about the hand of moscow, that among western politicians, and among anti-russian foreign agents, such dirty tricks are discussed at gatherings of all these

let's go on and aaron lithuanian intelligence also say they believe that this attack on leonid volkov was organized and orchestrated by the russians. they believe that one of the goals folds of that operation may have been to stop the russian opposition in lithuania from conducting operations ahead of what they call the undemocratic elections coming up in russia. they also believe another goal might be to sow panic and the baltic states, of course, the baltics key nato allies, the us in europe, erin. >> all right, fred, thank you very much. and i want to go straight out front now to the democratic congressman jim himes of connecticut. he is the top democrat on the house intelligence committee and congressman, it's great to see you and to see you here in person. so look the us, the context of these nuclear threats is the latest us intelligence assessment which we've seen. you've obviously seen up in much, in much more detail in a classified sense. but what we've seen is a report assessing that putin could use nukes due to an inability to achieve the decisive wins he needs in the ukrain

. >> we would have slipped in >> the former head of navalny's anti-corruption foundation, leonid volkov assaulted and beaten with a hammer outside his home in lithuania while the kremlin hasn't commented so far, volkov blaming putin for the attack because it was another obvious typical classic gangster. hello, from putin, from the st. petersburg gangster, vladimir vladimirovich. hello to you too. what else can i say? continue working against putin? that's what needs to be done. let's go on. and aaron, lithuanian intelligence also say they believe that this attack on leonid volkov was organized an orchestrated by the russians. they believe that one of the goals of that operation may i've been to stop the russian opposition in lithuania from conducting operations that of what they call the undemocratic elections coming up in russia. they also believe another goal might be to soar oh panic and the baltic states, of course, the baltics key nato allies, the us in europe, erin. >> all right, fred, thank you very much. and i want to go straight out front now to the democratic congressman jim h

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the spokeswoman for the late russian opposition leader alexei navalny has said his aide leonid volkovnian capital, vilnius. kira yarmysh said someone had broken mr volkov�*s car window, before spraying him with tear gas and hitting him with a hammer. eight years after the western balkan countries applied to join now sees new leaders expected to announce whether to move forward at a summit next week in brussels. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's ta ke let's take a look at stories making news in the uk. downing street has called the comments allegedly made by the conservative donor, frank hester, about the mp, diane abbott, "racist and wrong". mr hester has insisted the remarks had nothing to do with gender or skin colour. he's reported to have made made them in a private meeting in 2019. two people have been released on bail, after police removed 35 bodies and a quantity of ashes, from a funeral parlour in hull. detectives say they're investigating a truly horrific incident, and families are understandably distraught and heartbroken. officers say they've recei

a spokeswoman says someone assaulted leonid volkov with a hammer and tear gas.y. the alleged assailant and their motive is still unknown. there's been another mass kidnapping in nigeria. 61 people were seized in the state of kaduna in northern nigeria. that comes just days after more than 280 school students were taken by gunmen. armed men known locally as bandits are suspected in this latest attack. they've carried out a string of abductions to force ransom payments. more than 11,700 people have reportedly been kidnapped by various groups since nigeria's president bola tinubu came to power ten months ago. the police chief for the texas city where 19 students and two teachers were killed in a mass shooting has resigned. uvalde police chief daniel rodriguez stepped down a week after a report cleared his department of wrongdoing in the response to the 2022 shooting at robb elementary school. it took officers an hour to get inside a classroom and kill the gunman, amid desperate 911 calls from children. the us is now officially set for a repeat of the 2020 election

the spokeswoman for the late russian opposition leader alexei navalny has said his aide leonid volkov kira yarmysh said someone had broken mr volkov�*s car window, before spraying him with tear gas and hitting him with a hammer. lawyers for ghislaine maxwell have argued that she should be set free under the terms of a previous deal with federal prosecutors. the socialite was found guilty of helping disgraced financier jeffery epstein sexually abuse young girls. she was sentenced to 20 years in prison injune 2022. an armed man who hijacked a bus in rio dejaneiro has given himself up to police after a three—hour siege. the 17 people who were kept hostage have been released unharmed. the incident happened at rio's busy intercity bus terminal. police say he was convicted criminal who was on the run. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. downing street has called the comments allegedly made by the conservative donor frank hester about the mp diane abbott "racist and wrong". mr hester has insisted the remarks had nothing to do with gender or skin colour. he's reported to hav

mystery is what happened to the others on the agent included in russia on the list of terrorists, leonid volkovigure was beaten with a hammer in vilnius and his car window was broken. and now there is a sad photo of him, and his leg seems to be covered in blood, but volkov doesn’t look like it. like a chop , as he later calls himself in the video, no , of course, he’s in that jar of spiders that their supposed opposition has long turned into, anyone could have attacked him, these already moth-eaten fighters against the regime for crumbs of grants ready to gnaw each other's throats, but somehow all this happened very timely, a decommissioned fighter against the regime, wolves uh, somewhere i got hit in the leg 15 times with a hammer, this is a staging, it’s in the same convoy as media provocations. it’s also true that the suicidal storms of the special forces of the ukrainian armed forces, which zelensky does not spare, in order to somehow discredit the upcoming elections. volkov said in his address, the main message is that they come to the polling stations at a certain time, it turns out that

she says someone broke the window of leonid volkov�*s car, sprayed tear gas in his eyes, then hit himical activity. japan's space one solid—fuelled rocket — called kairos — exploded shortly after launch on its inaugural trip. the company behind the project was aiming to be the first japanese firm to put a satellite in orbit. that was the result. from washington, stay with us, plenty more coming up at the top of the hour, right here on bbc news. hello there. after a very wet february, the rain has continued to fall during march, particularly across southeast england. here, it's been much wetter than average. we've seen two inches of rain, 50mm in some places, and that's more than the average march rainfall, and we're not even halfway through yet. it is looking a bit drier for the southeast in the next few days, but there is rain elsewhere. and we'll see a spell of milder conditions in the next few days. that's because the air is coming all the way from a long way south, up across the uk, in between these two weather fronts here, and it's this second one here that's focusing the rain as

leonid volkov was assaulted with a hammer and tear gas while in his car in vilnius on tuesday night.some years for his own safety

a spokeswoman says someone assaulted leonid volkov with a hammer and tear gas. still unknown. there's been another mass kidnapping in nigeria. 61 people were seized in the state of kaduna, in northern nigeria. that comes just days after more than 280 school students were taken by gunmen. armed men known locally as bandits are suspected in this latest attack. they've carried out a string of abductions to force ransom payments. more than 11.700 people have reportedly been kidnapped by various groups since nigeria's president bola tinubu came to power ten months ago. the bbc�*s news partner cbs projects that joe biden is now officially the democratic party's presumptive nominee for president, with voters in georgia and mississippi handing him two more primary wins. mr biden has now secured the delegates he needs to be nominated by his party. while the outcome was expected, it does signal the campaign is now in the final stretch. the biden campaign said: in the next few hours, biden's republican rival, former president donald trump, is expected to clinch his spot on

this is leonid volkov, a long time ally of mr navalny. this is , a long time ally of mr navalny.ive war against ukraine now more than two years ago. he has had two effects. one is to reinvigorate naito and solidify the west, and the second an ally of alexei navalny, attacked seemingly outside of his home. we haven't got independent confirmation of who carried out the attack, but many from navalny�*s team and indeed from the country translation: thank you very much for your words of support. _ it's a bit tough, but never mind. we'll get over it. i was pleased to read what you had written to me. even more so because while i was reading, i knew i was still alive. while i was reading, they wanted to make me into a schnitzel with a meat hammer right outside my house, in the yard. the attacker hit me 15 times in my leg. surprisingly, the leg is still in one piece. it is difficult to walk, but apparently the leg is not broken. my arm has been broken instead. oh, well, i'll live. the most important thing is we will continue working and we will not surrender. i am not ready to make any co

bbc hardtalk�*s stephen sackur has been speaking to leonid volkov, long—time ally and adviser to mr navalnyn my heart. alexi was not only like a political leader, he was also a very close friend, and in the last years when he was in prison and we were exchanging mail, orvery prison and we were exchanging mail, or very often discussing the future, and how it will go there and here, discussing this and that and doing this and that. and it is hard for me just to get used to this new world where alexei isn't here any more, because he was a great personality. he was really able to fill him in any room where he was in and he is very much missed. t room where he was in and he is very much missed. i understand the deep grief- _ very much missed. i understand the deep grief. would _ very much missed. i understand the deep grief. would it - very much missed. i understand the deep grief. would it also i the deep grief. would it also be fair— the deep grief. would it also be fair to— the deep grief. would it also be fair to use the word despair about— be fair to use the word despair about your current

leonid volkov was attacked with a hammer outside vilnius. on the right, was a top aide to putin's late rival, alexei navalny. volkov's arm was broken. the attacker fled. vladimir putin's re-election this week will bring him to his fifth term, which will cover the next six years. he enjoys support from nationalists who want to believe that today's russia is an exceptional nation. but putin also has weaknesses. it's estimated he's lost 300,000 troops killed and wounded. and russia has a population less than half that of the united states and an economy about the size of italy's. >> my hope is a country where government takes care of our citizens. >> anastasia shevchenko is free in vilnius, but she's wanted in russia for breaking her probation. these days she's streaming her own youtube show and sends medicine, food, and letters to political prisoners. she's become another voice to the isolated and the lonely and those like her daughter, who will never escape the new iron curtain. >> she was alone, no one next to her. i really feel very guilty

breaking news, new reporting tonight about the brutal attack on alexey navalny's chief of staff, leonid volkov, who was beaten with a hammer in his home in lithuania well, koppe left with a swollen face is leg covered in blood. and tonight, investigative reporter crystal grows up familiar to anyone. many of you watching the show is learning a russian linked group is taking credit for the brutal attack. and cristo joins me now so christo, let's start with so much of the new information that you have. you have shared new images of volkov with us these are images that you obtained of him from various sources. i don't know surveillance or what it was in the days before the attack? so what are you learning >> well, first of all, let's say that the official investigation has not disclosed any details here. that's the lithuanian law enforcement are working on it and they're asking everybody to be patient. however, in the meantime, there's this russian extremist far-right white supremacist group which formerly was called the male state. and more recently changes names to the male battalion run by an e