Thread by @EliotHiggins

Bellingcat was the first to reveal the involvement of the FSB in both these case. The Berlin assassination case is currently in court, where Bellingcat has provided evidence of the FSB's involvement. We'll hopefully hear the result of that case next month.

https://twitter.com/gregkoblentz/status/1382101129748754432

The methodology used to prove the FSB's involvement in the Berlin case was the same as we've used in exposing other Russian assassination attempts, so obviously significant if a German court accepts that as evidence.

This is probably why the Russian state and media are now spinning us as terrorist sympathisers, because they know they'll lose and have to think up some new attack against Bellingcat. We've plenty more of their assassinations left to publish about, they've been busy boys.

The scale of Russia's state sanctioned assassinations is horrific, we've already published about 7, and have at least 5 more to publish about still. We keep finding more and more as we keep digging, so don't expect it to stop there.

This isn't just big political figures like Navalny, or former spies like Skripal, but even very minor political figure, and even non-political figures, just people who got on the wrong side of Putin.

People look at our work exposing Russian assassinations and wonder why they're so sloppy, but they've gotten away with it for years, both within Russia and abroad, so why change things up if you aren't getting exposed?

Our investigations make it clear, the Russian state will murder anyone who causes it even the most smallest of problems, and they seem to think the can just get away with out without any real consequences. The sad thing is, they're probably right.

What worries me is its becoming increasingly clear Russia thinks Bellingcat is run directly by the intelligence services, it's not just a bit of propaganda they're doing to smear us, they've managed to convince themselves of their own bullshit.

So I can only assume to the perception of the Russian state Bellingcat exposing their spies is at the direction of the Western intelligence services, so what do they think when we do that and there's barely any international reaction?

Maybe they now thing the world knows about these things because the Western intelligence services has exposed them, but Western governments don't actually care, so that's a green light from the West to keep murdering anyone who Putin finds awkward.

If that's the case then a limp international reaction puts more people at risk of assassination, and given Bellingcat's role in exposing those assassinations I can only imagine it puts myself and my colleagues at risk.

That won't stop us though, someone has to stand up to assassinations even if our governments don't have the spine to do it, and they'll be the ones with blood on their hands if there's another Russian assassination.