This morning the home of Bellingcat partner Roman was raided by Russian police, along with the home of his parents. Roman heads , which has partnered with Bellingcat on numerous investigations over the years.
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This comes the week after Russian authorities added The Insider to a registry of "Foreign Agents". The Insider is one of many independent media organisations labelled this way as Russia cracks down on independent media ahead of upcoming elections.
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Russian authorities claim today's raid was a response to a criminal complaint made on behalf of Dutch MH17 truther by Russian lawyer Stalina Gurevich for defamation.
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This complaint followed an investigation by and Bellingcat that exposed links between Bonanza Media and the GRU. Max van der Werff and former Russia Today journalist Yana Yerlashova founded the website that spread disinformation about MH17.
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Emails and phone records obtained by Bellingcat showed that Yerlashova was in contact by phone and email with GRU officers Sergey Chebanov & Andrey Ilchenko. Among the emails were a draft article later published on Bonanza Media and passport copies of Yerlashova and Van der Werff
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Bonanza Media's Erik van de Beek's complaint to the Dutch Council of Journalism against De Groene Amsterdammer, after De Groene reported on Bellingcat's investigation into Bonanza Media's links to the Russian intelligence services, was recently rejected rvdj.nl/2021/33
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In their response The Council for Journalism states "These passages [referring to the text of the De Groene article], which follow from Bellingcat's report, sufficiently show that a Russian intelligence service has (had) influence within Bonanza Media."
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Roman Dobrokhotov had planned to travel abroad today for a series of work meetings, including with his colleagues. According to his lawyer, his travel passport was confiscated today, along with electronic devices used by him and his minor children.
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Роман Доброхотов вышел из полиции в статусе свидетеля.
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TASS reports that "According to the materials of the case, the investigators believe that Dobrokhotov slandered not only the journalist, but also the officers of the GRU."
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Please tell me that his arrest was not the price of Nordstream2. I don't like Tinfoil. But we kinda know the dutch wheeling and dealing by now... and to be honest, that knowing is not comforting.
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