Bellingcat has been named an undesirable organisation in Russia because of our reporting on the country dating back to the downing of MH17 in 2014 by Russian-backed forces.

We will continue to report accurately on Russia and will not be intimidated by disinformation and false accusations.

It is perfectly possible (and imho the most likely) that we have a small fraction real hostile drones and a large fraction resulting drone hysteria.

We will not prove or disprove that with these fourth-hand imprecise descriptions of observations matched to flight tracks.

Jokes aside, it’s just phenomenal how massively Russia has lost goodwill and influence in Armenia. In 2013, 82 percent of respondents thought Russia to be Armenia’s best friend and protector. In 2025 the number is 14 percent.

It’s a historic opportunity that we can’t miss in Europe

That capital you did not retreat from? — Moscow? 🧐