Grozev and The Insider investigate the poisoning of Budanov's wife

Grozev and The Insider investigate the poisoning of Budanov's wife

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Investigative journalists undertook their own investigation into the poisoning of Marianna, the wife of the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, Kyryll Budanov. There is no formal communication with GUR yet.

Investigative journalists will conduct their own investigation into the poisoning of Marianna, the wife of the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, Kyryl Budanov. About this in the comments of the Radio.Svoboda was confirmed by Hristo Grozev, an investigator of the Bellingcat group, reports UNN.

Grozev noted that he would conduct his own investigation together with the team of the Insider (an online publication specializing in investigative journalism, exposing fake news and fact-checking, founded by Russian journalist Roman Dobrokhotov, which is registered in Latvia).

Theins team and I are actually conducting our own investigation, but there is no formal communication with the Gur yet 

- Grozev said.

Context

Earlier, the fact that a team of investigative journalists from Bellingcat took up the case of poisoning Marianna Budanova was reported by the EXOCHILNIK Gur in 2020-2021 Vitaly Kondratyuk.

The media, citing sources in law enforcement agencies, reported that the wife of the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate Kirill Budanov, Marianna, was poisoned with heavy metals.

Subsequently, the Gur confirmed the poisoning of Budanov's wife and reported that the course of her treatment was already being completed.