Navalny splashed with ‘acrid, chemical liquid’ outside Anti-Corruption Foundation office

Today, two unidentified men attacked anti-corruption crusader Alexei Navalny at the entrance to his office at the Anti-Corruption Foundation.

One of the two men splashed “some kind of acrid, dark blue chemical liquid” on Navalny. Then the two men ran off.

“Well, as I'm inclined to do, I chased after them for bit in the parking lot (from the sideline, I'm sure it looked like something from the Benny Hill show), then I gave up and went home to change. I had to throw out the shirt. At the moment, I'm fighting [to save] the my backpack and jacket. But most likely I'll lose [them],” Navalny wrote on his blog.

Navalny also drew attention to the attack on participants to the award ceremony for the “Man in History: Russia XX Century” school competition organized by Russian historical and civil rights society Memorial.

The incident involved a noisy crowd wearing nationalist WWII symbols that hurled eggs and Brilliant Green—a dark green coloured chemical disinfectant—at event participants, which included school children, teachers, guests and Memorial staff members.

Navalny suggested the two separate attacks were, in fact, coordinated.

“The fun, by the way, did not last long. It all ended with the splashing of acid in [people's] faces with the obvious support of the police and security services. There is no need to point out the complicity [of the authorities]. It's clear who provides intel on where people go and when they're going to arrive,” wrote Navalny on his blog.