Bulgaria To Summon Russian Ambassador Over Bellingcat journalist

Bulgaria’s foreign ministry says it will summon the Russian ambassador to Sofia “for explanations” after Moscow put Christo Grozev, a Bulgarian citizen and executive director of investigative news outlet Bellingcat, on a wanted list.

Bellingcat’s chief investigator on Russia is “wanted under an article of the Criminal Code,” according to information published on Russia’s interior ministry website earlier this week.

“The Russian ambassador will be summoned for explanations,” a foreign ministry spokesperson said after leading Bulgarian political parties called for official support for Grozev.

Grozev has said he was ‘the first foreign journalist to be put on a Russian wanted list’ and said it might be a move to prevent other journalists from looking into what is happening in Russia.

Aljazeera /Shakirat Sadiq