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Russia tried to kill Christo Grozev. The NYT: Kremlin-backed spy cell tracked him for 2 years across Europe. Six agents are now jailed. The man who led them - Wirecard fugitive Jan Marsalek. 1/
In May 2024, a UK court sentenced 6 Bulgarian nationals to 5–11 years for espionage. They had fake IDs, high-end surveillance gear, and tracked Grozev, a Bellingcat investigator who exposed Russia’s top spy operations. 2/
Grozev identified FSB officers behind Navalny’s poisoning. Putin personally approved targeting him. Moscow used Marsalek — a billionaire fugitive — to lead the kill team. 3/
Marsalek, wanted for a €1.9B fraud in Germany, now lives in Moscow under FSB protection. He visited Lubyanka HQ regularly — while organizing the hit on Grozev. 4/
Grozev cracked Marsalek’s alias “Alexander Schmidt” by tracing airline logs, medical data (diabetes), and Russian cell records. Marsalek had been flying to Libya using a French passport. 5/
The spy ring called themselves “Van Damme” and “Jackie Chan.” They hid a camera in a Minion toy. One tried to seduce Grozev via Facebook. Another tracked a U.S. military base in Germany training Ukrainian troops. 6/
They also planned a false flag op in Kazakhstan. But UK police intercepted 70,000 messages. Grozev’s daughter identified one spy from photos. 7/
His father died suddenly in Vienna during the plot. Austrian police gave no foul play ruling. Grozev believes it may have been an FSB message. 8/
Grozev now lives in exile, under 24/7 security. His marriage collapsed. He lost his home. His kids can’t join him in the U.S. 9/
This was Russia’s largest failed hit on Western soil since the Cold War. But only low-level agents were punished. The Kremlin calls them “dropy” — disposable. 10/
Grozev warns: more plots will come. He’s still investigating his own case. “They got the data. Other units will want to finish the job.” 11X
Source: <a target="_blank" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/02/opinion/russia-putin-christo-grozev.html?referringSource=articleShare" color="blue">nytimes.com/2025/06/02/opi…</a>