The head of the Bellingcat investigation team, Hristo Grozev, did not return to Austria, where he has been living permanently for 20 years.
He stated that he was threatened by Russian counterintelligence.
The Austrian newspaper Falter writes that Grozev was forced to move.
“I suspect there are more Russian agents, informants and henchmen in the city than policemen,” Grozev said. He was on a working visit to the USA.
In Russia, a criminal case against fakes about fakes was opened against Grozev. Since the fall of 2022, he has been on the wanted list of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation.
