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After discovering the nationality of a group of soldiers filmed committing warcrimes, a global team of open source investigators attempts to zero in on the spot where the killings took place. For any hope of justice, the team must uncover the identities of the soldiers and find out why four unarmed women and children had to die.
Published 07/28/20
A horrifying video goes viral online, appearing to show women and children being gunned down by a death squad. The video is a mystery - no one is sure where or when it was filmed, who the victims are or why they were killed. With little to go on, open source investigators around the world start hunting for the killers.
Published 07/21/20
In this week's BellingChat, Bellingcat's Christo Grozev joins us to discuss the ongoing MH17 trial in the Netherlands, our latest investigation linking the FSB to assassinations plots from Berlin to Istanbul, and the latest revelations from the US about the GRU's Unit 29155's involvement in placing bounties on US service members in Afghanistan.
Published 07/03/20
The new BBC series The Salisbury Poisonings tells the story of the impact of the Skripal assassination attempt on the people of Salisbury, but what do we know about the two suspects identified by UK authorities? Bellingcat's Christo Grozev explains the work he did to reveal the true identities of the Skripal suspects, how he identified their commanders, and how that connected to other Russian spy operations, from assassination to coup attempts, across Europe.
Published 06/16/20
Eliot Higgins is joined by Bellingcat’s Charlotte Godart, Nick Waters and Robert Evans to discuss their recent work documenting police violence against journalists during the recent protests in response to the police killing of George Floyd.
Later, we’re joined by Bellingcat’s Natalia Antonova and Roman Dobrokhotov from The Insider to discuss RT editor-in-chief Margarita Simonyan‘s sharing of racist advice to George Lloyd protesters on her Telegram channel, and RT’s bizarre defence of her acti
Published 06/11/20
In this inaugural episode of Bellingcat's new regular discussion podcast, BellingChat, Bellingcat founder Eliot Higgins talks to Bellingcat's lead MH17 researchers, Aric Toler, Pieter van Huis, and Christo Grozev, about the MH17 trial, discussing the first court sessions in March, developments in Bellingcat's MH17 investigations since the March sessions, and what we expect to see in the court sessions starting on June 8th.
Published 06/05/20
In the final episode of this season, we hear the stories of the families torn apart by shooting down of MH17. We explore the complex legal landscape left in MH17's wake and reveal the dark forces attempting to prevent justice from being served.
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Published 08/20/19
The Bellingcat team use intercepted phone calls between separatist fighters and their Russian contacts to uncover the killers' actions on the day Flight MH17 was shot out of the sky.
Published 08/13/19
A set of secretly recorded phone calls contain the voices and code names of some of the shadowy figures believed to be responsible for shooting down Flight MH17. Bellingcat launches a manhunt.
Published 08/06/19
Armed with reports that MH17 had been shot down by a surface-to-air missile, The Bellingcat team sets out to find the murder weapon and track down the killers.
Published 07/30/19
Following the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, a mysterious troll army storms social media and a state sponsored disinformation campaign launches. Bellingcat dismantles the lies one by one.
Published 07/24/19
A commercial airliner is torn apart in mid-air above war-torn eastern Ukraine, killing all 298 people on board. How could this happen and who is responsible? Investigative journalism collective Bellingcat is determined to find out the truth.
Published 07/16/19
Subscribe to The Bellingcat Podcast - Season 1 - MH17 now. Episode 1 launches July 17th.
Published 07/08/19