Christo Grozev
Christo Grozev has been writing for Bellingcat since 2015, focusing on Russia-related security threats and the weaponisation of information. Based in Vienna, he authored or co-authored many of Bellingcat’s landmark investigations including identifying the three Skripal poisoning suspects in 2018, for which he was awarded the European Press Prize for Investigative Journalism. When he is not doing investigative work for Bellingcat, Christo runs radio stations in the Netherlands and Ukraine, and is senior researcher in the area of cyber warfare and weaponisation of information, at the Risk Management Lab at the New Bulgarian University.
Summer Conference Event
— Workshop
Open Source: The Skripal Poisoning Investigation
When two suspects were identified in the police investigation surrounding the poisoning of former spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia last March, several researchers from Bellingcat began a hunt to verify the real identities of the suspects, and their links to Russian military intelligence.
Summer Conference Event
— Workshop
Open Source: The GRU Globetrotters, Tracking Clandestine International Operations
Tracking agents of the Russian secret service and their European operations requires employing the full range of open-source intelligence techniques. This class will show you many tips and tricks, while explaining how they were used in a range of investigations looking into GRU activities in Switzerland, Bulgaria and elsewhere.
