WORLD: Mr. Volkov, we are sitting here in Vilnius in a public place. Kremlin opponents have fallen out of windows, been poisoned or shot in the past, even outside of Russia. Do you feel safe sitting here?

Leonid Volkov: I feel okay. The Belarusian border is only 30 kilometers away. There is no such thing as absolute security, you have to accept certain risks. Our office is down the street not far from this coffee shop. We don’t let anyone in there, it’s a security measure. Over the summer, we noticed a man sitting at the same table in a nearby café for five days, watching our entrance. We called the police. She did the research and the result was: