Personal Information
- Birth date
- 20 мая 1969 г. (57 years old)
- Special circumstances
- non-resident, journalist
- Notes
- Bulgarian investigative journalist, media expert and media investor, head of the Bellingcat publication, which conducts journalistic investigations of war zones using the method of analyzing data from open sources
Grozev Khristo
Case Information
- Region of case initiation:
- Moscow
- Charges:
- Art. 207.3 CC RF Part 2 cl. d, Art. 322 CC RF Part 1, No information
- Case categories:
- Journalist persecution, Ukrainian connection, Anti-war case, Anti-war case, Journalist persecution
Case Description
A criminal case was opened against Christo Grozev, the lead investigator of Bellingcat, who was declared wanted, on charges of spreading fakes about the Russian army. Hristo Grosev is accused of organizing the escape abroad of journalist, founder, and chief editor of The Insider Roman Dobrokhotov. FSB reported on the plans of Ukrainian special services to hijack a bomber and fighter from Russia with the support of British MI6 and investigator Hristo Grozev, the pilots were planned to be bribed and given citizenship of a European country. The journalist told Radio Svoboda that he did not participate in the Ukrainian special services operation, but together with the Bellingcat team was investigating attempts by the FSB and GUR to deceive each other.
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