MOSCOW: Agence France Presse: Russia on Monday placed a senior journalist with the Bellingcat investigative website on a wanted list, following his extensive reporting on Moscow鈥檚 offensive in Ukraine.
Bulgarian journalist Christo Grozev鈥檚 name was added to a list of wanted people on Russia鈥檚 interior ministry website.
The ministry did not specify what crime he was wanted for.
But the RIA Novosti news agency quoted a source as saying that a criminal case had been opened against Grozev for 鈥渟preading fakes about the Russian army鈥� 鈥� legislation adopted after Moscow sent troops to Ukraine in February.
Russia鈥檚 FSB domestic security agency had accused Grozev of helping Ukrainian intelligence.
Grozev is Bellingcat鈥檚 chief Russia investigator, and has led investigations into the poisoning of opposition politician Alexei Navalny.
This year he has focused on Russia鈥檚 military actions in Ukraine.
Moscow branded Bellingcat as an 鈥渦ndesirable鈥� organization in July, saying it posed a security threat to the country.
Bellingcat had already been branded a 鈥渇oreign agent鈥� in Russia last year.
Since Moscow sent troops to Ukraine in February, Bellingcat has largely focused on using open-source material and social media to document alleged Russian war crimes.