A court in Moscow on April 21 issued an arrest warrant for Christo Grozev, a Bulgarian investigative journalist with the Bellingcat group. The warrant was issued on a charge of allegedly crossing Russia's border illegally In December. Russia's Interior Ministry said it has added Grozev to its wanted list on unspecified accusations. Grozev's investigations into the identity of the suspects involved in the 2018 poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal in the United Kingdom earned him and his team the European Press Prize for Investigative Journalism. Grozev currently resides in the United States. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Russian Service, click here.
Russian Court Issues Arrest Warrant For Investigative Group Bellingcat Researcher Grozev
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