Christo Grozev

Affiliated media: Bellingcat, Head

Incident date: April 21, 2023

Attack type:

• arrest in absentia

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Deutsche Welle

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

The Lefortovsky District Court of Moscow arrested in absentia the head of Bellingcat Christo Grozev on the case of illegal border crossing (Part 1 of Article 322 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). Grozev faces up to two years in prison under this article. According to the investigation, he helped the editor-in-chief of The Insider Roman Dobrokhotov to leave Russia.