

He said he did not recognize any of them, and then paused. The investigation also involved German magazine Der Spiegel and Russian online publication The Insider.ĬNN showed photographs of several of the agents to Navalny last week, during an interview at a secret location in Germany, where he is still recovering. Russia has denied involvement in every case.īy examining thousands of phone records along with flight manifests and other documents obtained by Bellingcat, this joint months-long investigation has identified the agents involved, as well as their backgrounds, communications and travel. Bellingcat helped uncover the pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine responsible for shooting down the MH-17 airliner in 2014. In recent years the online investigative outfit Bellingcat has identified the Russian military intelligence agents sent to England to poison former double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter, and a Russian agent accused of murdering a Chechen activist in Berlin.
