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@christogrozev.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Read our latest crazy story on the spy who was so successful at pretending he's someone else that the GRU "killed off" his real persona and stranded him with the fake one. From a fake environmental expert to a purveyor of fake news: theins.press/en/inv/286477

A champion like no other: The curious life of a Unit 29155 operative

Since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russia’s military Intelligence, the GRU, has dramatically stepped up its activities across Europe — from assassinations and acts of sabotage...

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The Insider@theins.press · last yr.

❗A dozen knives in the back of the Islamic revolution: Secret FSB documents confirm Iran and Russia are waging a spy war against each other A new investigation by @christogrozev.bsky.social and @dobrokhotov.bsky.social.

A dozen knives in the back of the Islamic revolution: Secret FSB documents confirm Iran and Russia are waging a spy war against each other

The strikes on Iran by Israel and the U.S. provoked a critical but very restrained response from the Kremlin. On June 23, Vladimir Putin said the attack was “unjustifiable and inexcusable,” but his cr...

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@christogrozev.bsky.social · last yr.

Only part of this is true. Please be careful to not spread false (while well-intentioned) information as it hurts real investigations in the future. The Russian with the "same password" is a totally random person who happened to use a very similar Gmail username. That password is unrelated to Gor.

Adam Cochran@adamscochran.bsky.social · last yr.

10/10 And why Rubio, Vance, Trump, Matt Gaetz and Rand Paul have all hired him for key roles and defended him whilst knowing he can’t pass the background check!

JETZT.at@jetzt.at · last yr.

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@christogrozev.bsky.social · last yr.

How the GRU's Unit 29155 hacking department obsessed over @bellingcat.com, created the biolabs conspiracy and left their targeting server unprotected....among other crazy findings in this latest investigation: theins.press/en/inv/281731

Hidden Bear: The GRU hackers of Russia’s most notorious kill squad

Russian GRU Unit 29155 is best known for its long list of murder and sabotage ops, which include the Salisbury poisonings in England, arms depot explosions in Czechia, and an attempted coup d’etat in ...

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@christogrozev.bsky.social · last yr.

NBC reports that, shockingly, during his latest Moscow pilgrimage Witkoff met with Putin and his two negotiators alone and without his own interpreter, relying - in breach of protocol - on a locally present one www.nbcnews.com/world/russia.... However, this seems half the problem (1/n)

Trump envoy relied on Kremlin interpreter in meetings with Putin to end war in Ukraine

Using the Kremlin’s interpreter was “a very bad idea” that put Witkoff “at a real disadvantage,” Michael McFaul, a former U.S. ambassador to Russia, told NBC News.

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Bellingcat@bellingcat.com · last yr.

Exclusive: Bellingcat in partnership with @tjekdet.dk , @politiken.dk and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) can reveal the identity of a key administrator behind MrDeepFakes, one of the world’s largest providers of non-consensual deepfake pornography. www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/05...

Unmasking MrDeepFakes: Canadian Pharmacist Linked to World’s Most Notorious Deepfake Porn Site - bellingcat

Double life: open source investigation reveals Canadian hospital pharmacist's links to MrDeepFakes, the most notorious deepfake porn website in the world.

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@christogrozev.bsky.social · last yr.

Just spoke at the USC inaugural Open Source Journalism Conference about the investigation into the Berlin bicycle assassin - and now there's a whole video that explains how the investigation was done. Check it out: youtu.be/Kl9aaCDSOzs

The Big Swap: Unmasking the Kremlin's Favorite Assassin – and Why He is Free Today

YouTube video by The Christo Files

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Robert Hernandez@webjournalist.bsky.social · last yr.

The first speaker of the inaugural Open Source Journalism conference is Christo Grozev (who suggests the name #CitInt as a possible term for this type of work: Citizen Intelligence). @christogrozev.bsky.social

@christogrozev.bsky.social · last yr.

I never thought that Pierre Louvrier, about whose deep connections to Russian oligarchs with GRU links I wrote 10 years ago (and who bluffed he would sue me), would one day pop up in US confirmation hearings. cgrozev.wordpress.com/2015/03/26/m...

Malofeev’s JV Partner Acquring Strategic Bulgarian Assets: A Risk Analysis

The following is an excerpt from a risk report relating to the intended acquisition by Pierre Michel Louvrier of key  Bulgarian’s strategic telecommunications and defense industry assets. Ris…

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@christogrozev.bsky.social · 2y ago

Saw the world premiere of The Stringer - a beautiful and disturbing film investigating - and proving beyond reasonable doubt using #OSINT - that the iconic Napalm Girl photo was not taken by AP's Pulitzer winning photographer Nick Ut, but by a Vietnamese stringer (2nd from right)

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@christogrozev.bsky.social · 2y ago

www.lloydslist.com/LL1151955/Ru...

Russia-linked cable-cutting tanker seized by Finland ‘was loaded with spying equipment’

<em>Eagle S</em>, the Russia-linked tanker suspected of damaging an underwater electricity cable on Christmas Day, was kitted out with special transmitting and receiving devices that were used to monitor naval activity, according to a source with direct involvement in the ship, which has since been detained by Finnish police

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@christogrozev.bsky.social · 2y ago

BREAKING: the House sub-committee on intelligence says "now convinced that foreign adversary behind AHI (Havana syndrome) incidents", "Intelligence community has hindered the subcommittee's efforts" to get to the truth.

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@christogrozev.bsky.social · 2y ago

Remember Pablo Gonzalez, the "Spanish" "journalist" whom so many believed to be an innocent victim of Western spymania? Well, the nail is on the coffin - or should we say the "fancy-bear hug" - proving he was a GRU illegal. Video here: youtu.be/Q-FUsXwCFF8?...

@christogrozev.bsky.social · 2y ago

In a new "can't make this shit up" . moment, Maria Zakharova gets a call during her live presser today, and you can hear a male voice tell her to not comment the IBCM launch. Is this another Moscow4 moment, or is it a staged poker bluff meant for the West?

@christogrozev.bsky.social · 2y ago

Excited my kids convinced me to launch M4Studio - a YouTube channel to share the behind the scenes of some of my team's most insane investigations over the years - how we burned hundreds of spies, exposed implausible government plots and conspiracies, and leveraged new open-source methods to do it.