Christo Grozev is

Christo Grozev is an award-winning investigative journalist and author. He is the head of investigations with The Insider and former lead Russia investigator with Bellingcat.
For many years Christo supervised the radio and internet operations of a public US company in
Europe and Russia, and currently owns and operates national radio stations in the Netherlands and
Ukraine.
Christo was also a senior researcher at Risk Management Lab, a think-tank with a focus on security
threats at New Bulgarian University (Sofia).
In his research work for Bellingcat he focuses on security threats, extraterritorial clandestine
operations, and the weaponization of information. His investigations into the identity of the suspects
in the 2018 Novichok poisonings in the UK earned him and his team the European Press Prize for
Investigative Journalism as well as the London Press Prize.
Christo also lead the team that identified the FSB team that tried to poison Alexey Navalny and other
Russian activists, earning him a special recognition for contribution to investigative journalism from
the esteemed Russian journalism foundation “RedCollegia”.
Christo Grozev holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the American University in Bulgaria and
has an MBA in Finance, Law, and Law and Economics masters degrees.