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On Monday, Russia included Kristo Grozev, a reporter from the Bellingcat research center who extensively covered the Russian invasion of Ukraine, on its list of wanted persons.
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The Bulgarian journalist is included in the list of wanted persons posted on the website of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia.
The ministry did not explain what crime he is wanted for.
The RIA Novosti news agency, citing a source, reported that a criminal case had been opened against Grozev for “spreading false news about the Russian army” under the law that Russia adopted after the invasion of Ukraine .
Russia’s Federal Security Service has accused Grozev of helping the Ukrainian secret service.
Grozev tweeted that he has no idea why he was included on Russia’s wanted list, so he can’t comment.
“In a way, it doesn’t matter — they’ve made it clear for years that they’re afraid of our work and will stop at nothing to stop it,” the reporter said.
Grozev is Bellingcat’s top Russian reporter and led the investigation into the poisoning of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. This year Grozev has focused on Russia’s military activities in Ukraine.
Moscow called Bellingcat an unwanted organization in July, saying it posed a threat to national security.
Since Russia’s repeated invasion of Ukraine, media activity in Russia is controlled even more strictly than before, and no criticism of the Russian military is allowed, but it is forbidden to call the war in Ukraine war.
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