Keep pulling the thread on Eliot Higgins.
Bellingcat's investigation into the downing of Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 identified the origin of the missile launcher and its launch location.
Russia has conducted an escalating campaign against Bellingcat since 2015, beginning with critical articles from state-media outlets Russia Today and Sputnik News, and progressing to hacking attempts.
Six Bulgarian nationals were jailed for spying on a Bellingcat colleague for two years in an operation linked to the Russian FSB.
Most Russian government data, including passport registrations and vehicle records, is available for purchase on a gray market due to widespread corruption.
Bellingcat discovered the Russian Ministry of Defence's phone number stamped on the passport registration forms of the Skripal poisoning suspects.
Bellingcat identified a network of Russian chemical weapons scientists and, by purchasing their phone records, observed them communicating with FSB agents immediately before the poisoning of Alexei Navalny.
An FSB agent confessed to Alexei Navalny that the Novichok poison was applied to the inner seam of his underpants in his hotel room.
Bellingcat discovered multiple previously unreported assassinations carried out with chemical weapons by Russian agents.
Recent USAID funding cuts have eliminated 25% to 40% of the global funding for non-governmental investigative journalism organizations.
USAID funding cuts have caused many small, high-quality investigative journalism NGOs in the Global South to shut down overnight.
Bellingcat has used open-source investigation techniques to investigate chemical weapons attacks in Syria, the downing of Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17, and US bombings in Iran.
Bellingcat is currently investigating ongoing conflicts in Iran, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan, and Uganda.