Christo Grozev, director of research collective Bellingcat, has also been described as Putin’s number one public enemy. Grozev discovered, among other things, who poisoned opposition leader Navalny and uncovered a lot of information about MH17. Grozev receives many threats from the Russians.
“I am indeed in danger, but I don’t think about it too much. Otherwise they have won,” says Grozev in Op1. Adding to this, Grozev unmasked Russian spies in Europe. “Probably there are still about a hundred active in Europe. We can certainly trace dozens of them.”
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Journalist Yuri Albrecht helped Grozev with his work over the past year to expose the spies. He gave the Bellingcat editors shelter in the Balie in Amsterdam last year.
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Grozev is in addition to work on exposing the spies, still working on the extensive MH17 trial. The culprits are designated, but getting them behind bars is difficult as long as they cannot be arrested. “We know where the prime suspect, Igor Girkin, is. He currently works for the Russian army and is recruiting new soldiers,” said Grozev. “Meanwhile, the Kremlin is keeping a close eye on him that he is not caught by the Ukrainian or other European secret services. Because then the whole Russian story about MH17 falls into the water.” Grozev does not rule out the possibility that the Dutch secret service is also ‘hunting’ for Grozev.
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