A journalist targeted by a Russian spy cell run from a former guest house in Norfolk has said he thinks Russian President Vladimir Putin personally ordered the operation against him. Roman Dobrokhotov, editor-in-chief of The Insider, was followed by Bulgarian spies who were working for Moscow – three of whom were convicted on Friday. Dobrokhotov told the BBC: “I’m very lucky to be alive”. He believes he and fellow journalist Christo Grozev were targeted because of their exposés on Russia. They revealed Russia’s role in a string of deadly incidents, including the nerve agent attacks in Salisbury in 2018 and on the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny in 2020.
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