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Investigative journalist Hristo Grozev leaves Vienna for security reasons

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Bulgarian investigative journalist Hristo Grozev plans to leave Vienna, where he has been living for nearly 20 years. The reason is an alleged threat that came from the Russian special services, Austrian newspaper Falter reports, quoted by Free Europe.

According to the newspaper, Grozev received a warning from his sources and he canceled his return to Vienna from the United States. Grozev went to the U.S. for the Oscar award ceremony and the nomination of the documentary film "Navalny". The Bulgarian was part of the team that created the film.

The Russian Interior Ministry declared the lead investigator of Bellingcat, Hristo Grozev, wanted at the end of 2022, without specifying the crime he was suspected in.




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