Two men detained in Poland in early April on suspicion of assaulting Russian opposition figure Leonid Volkov in Vilnius are expected to be transferred to Lithuania by mid-May, a spokesperson for Lithuania’s prosecution service announced Thursday.
The Lithuanian Criminal Police Bureau, which is coordinating the transfer, has not disclosed whether it is also seeking the extradition of the detained Belarusian citizen suspected of ordering the attack, as mentioned by Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk.
Volkov — a key ally of Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny, who died aged 47 in an Arctic prison in February — was violently assaulted in his vehicle outside his residence in Vilnius on March 12.
The two Polish suspects were arrested in Warsaw on April 3 and are set to remain in custody until May 13, according to a spokesperson for the court.
The regional court in Warsaw has agreed to extradite the suspects to Lithuania with the condition that, if convicted, they will serve their sentences in Poland.
