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‘Navalny’ Doc Journalist Says He And His Family Have Been Banned From BAFTA Ceremony Due To “Public Security Risk”

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Investigative journalist Christo Grozev, a key figure in the story of acclaimed documentary Navalny, says he and his family have been banned from attending the BAFTA ceremony on Sunday because he poses “a public security risk”.

Grozev, who is affiliated with the Netherlands-based investigative journalism group Bellingcat, was part of the team that uncovered the 2020 plot to kill Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny by poisoning.

The journalist tweeted yesterday that he has been banned from Sunday’s BAFTA ceremony where the film is nominated for Best Documentary. “I was surprised to discover that my whole family and I have all been banned by British police from attending this weekend’s Bafta awards where the documentary #Navalny is nominated.

The reason stated: we ‘represent a public security risk’,” he tweeted. “I understand the need to keep the public safe (although I don’t understand how my son or teenage daughter constitute risk to the public).

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