Moscow political activist hospitalized after chemical attack
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The Moscow leader of the liberal opposition Yabloko party says one of its activists has been hospitalized after an unknown attacker splashed a chemical in her face.
Sergei Mitrokhin, who heads Yabloko's Moscow city branch, said Nataliya Fyodorova suffered burns to her face and partial loss of her sight as a result of Friday's attack near the entrance to her apartment building.
The attack comes a day after unknown attackers doused opposition leader Alexei Navalny with green antiseptic, burning one of his eyes.
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Mitrokhin tells the Novaya Gazeta newspaper that Fyodorova has actively protested city development plans, including plans to build a shopping center in her Moscow neighborhood. He said she has received threats in the past.