Jay Elwes

A bored business administrator in Leicester puts the intelligence services to shame

Eliot Higgins reveals how his investigative website Bellingcat uncovered vital information about the Russians that had eluded the West

Eliot Higgins, founder of Bellingcat. Credit: Getty Images

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