1. Christo Grozev is a Bulgarian investigative journalist and author.
16 Facts About Christo Grozev
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Christo Grozev is the head of investigations with The Insider and former lead Russia investigator with Bellingcat.
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Christo Grozev launched Radio Nika in Sochi, Channel Melodia and Eldoradio in Saint Petersburg and dozens of radio stations in the Baltic countries, Finland, Bulgaria, and Hungary.
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Christo Grozev was appointed Metromedia's Regional Director and Vice President of Radio in 1997.
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In 2000, Christo Grozev became CEO of the Radio Division of Metromedia, supervising the operations and growth of over 30 radio stations in 11 countries in Central and Eastern Europe, Northern Europe, Russia, and the CIS.
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When Metromedia left the radio business in 2003, Christo Grozev bought Russian radio assets from it; in 2006, he sold them to the French company Lagardere Group.
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Christo Grozev served a director of the Irish company Communicorp, which acquired its other broadcasting assets from Metromedia.
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Christo Grozev supervised the integration of Metromedia's European radio group into Communicorp, and was in charge of the company's further expansion in existing and new markets, such as Ukraine and Latvia.
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Christo Grozev owns a news television channel and several newspapers in Bulgaria.
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Since 2016, Christo Grozev is a Supervisory Board Member at Talpa Radio Holding.
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Christo Grozev is known for using open-source, social media, and other available data for investigations.
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Christo Grozev has authored investigations identifying, among others, two senior Russian officers linked to the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in 2014, GRU officers involved with the 2016 Montenegrin coup plot, the three suspects of the poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal in 2018 and the poisoning of Alexei Navalny in 2020.
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On 26 December 2022 the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia announced that Christo Grozev was on its "wanted" list without disclosing the reason.
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RIA cited a law enforcement source as saying Christo Grozev was accused of facilitating the escape of Roman Dobrokhotov, the editor of a Russian news outlet The Insider, who left Russia in 2021.
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Christo Grozev was featured heavily in the 2022 documentary Navalny, which covered the title figure's poisoning.
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The film went on to win the Best Documentary Award at the 95th Academy Awards, which Christo Grozev appeared on stage to accept the award alongside Director Daniel Roher and Yulia Navalnaya.