A team of assassins traveling the globe poisoning opposition politicians and other threats to the Russian government – it sounds almost too far-fetched to be true. But that is what investigative journalist Christo Grozev uncovered with his online network Bellingcat. The crimes of the Russian government have cost several people – such as Alexei Navalny – their lives.
The problem with the revelation is that Grozev is now being persecuted himself. So much so that one day in New York, the exiled journalist receives a text message saying that if he so much as sets foot on European soil again, his life will be in imminent danger.
‘Antidote’ is a docu-thriller and a thrilling portrait of an uncompromising man with incredible moral integrity, but it is also not blind to the enormous consequences of messing with Vladimir Putin. ‘Antidote’ premieres in a new version with an updated ending at CPH:DOX.