A Moscow court on Friday ordered the arrest in absentia of Bulgarian investigative journalist Christo Grozev, whose reporting for the Bellingcat news outlet has angered Russia, RIA news agency said.
The court said Grozev had illegally crossed the Russian border. RIA cited a law enforcement source as saying that Grozev was accused of facilitating the escape of Roman Dobrokhotov, the editor of a Russian news outlet, who left Russia in 2021.
Friday’s order was issued three weeks after the arrest of U.S. journalist Evan Gershkovich on charges of spying.
Grozev has probed the poisoning of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, the poisoning of former
