Person pretending to be Navalny's rep carried out provocative attacks against Baltics
2021-04-22
BNS/TBT Staff
VILNIUS – A person who convincingly pretended to be Leonid Volkov, the Lithuanian-based chief of staff to Alexei Navalny, the opposition leader imprisoned in Russia, carried out provocative information attack against Baltic states and Ukrainian politicians, Zygimantas Pavilionis, chairman of the Lithuanian Seimas Committee on Foreign Affairs, confirmed it to BNS on Thursday.
Earlier in the day, Lithuania's Foreign Ministry issued a statement that "during the past few weeks, information attacks were carried out against Estonian, Lithuanian, and Latvian politicians".
"These attacks were meant to spread false information, discredit Russian opposition and undermine Baltic politicians’ support for it," the ministry said,