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He Exposed Kremlin Assassins, Now Putin Wants Him Dead: ‘Antidote’ Explores “Rock Star Journalist” Christo Grozev
Putin target Christo Grozev, the journalist who exposed the Kremlin plot to poison Alexei Navalny, is explored in the documentary 'Antidote.'
That’s the dilemma facing Christo Grozev, a man often described as a “rock star investigative journalist.” The story of how he became persona non grata — песона нон грата, if you prefer – with the Kremlin is told in the documentary Antidote, directed by James Jones, which just made its world premiere at CPH:DOX in Copenhagen. The line Grozev crossed was to expose the identities of hundreds of Russian spies and would-be assassins operating in the West, as part of his work for Bellingcat, the open-source investigative journalism outfit. “This was a high-level espionage operation with significant financial rewards for those involved in the spy ring,” said Frank Ferguson, chief of the Crown Prosecution Service Special Crime and Counter Terrorism Division.
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