why my guest today, christo grozev, bases his investigative journalism in digital detective work. he is the lead russian investigator for bellingcat and the cause of cereal embarrassment to the kremlin with his revelations about the poisoning of alexei navalny and other russian military and intelligence operations. he says he follows the facts wherever they lead but what is his motivation? christo grozev, in washington, dc, welcome to hardtalk. thank ou for dc, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having dc, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me dc, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me on dc, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me on hardtalk. l you for having me on hardtalk. it is a pleasure. alexei navalny is famously described you once as just a bulgarian nerd with a laptop. since he said that, you become thejoint winner of an off guard, you are in the international limelight as an investigative journalist academy award. does this all make yourj
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