BUDAPEST, Hungary — On March 24, 2026, at 5:00 PM, the documentary film The Hybrid Citizen will have its premiere screening at Budapest, Erzsébet krt. 39, 1074.
Produced by the Latvian investigative media outlet Bonum Publicum Media, the film explores the activities of Petr Aven, a billionaire and high-ranking member of Russian dictator Vladimir Putin’s inner circle. The Hybrid Citizen provides a fact-based, documented account of how a «hybrid invasion» of the European Union is orchestrated under the guise of «apolitical philanthropy» and «commercial interest.»
The investigation reveals how Latvia serves as an entry point for Kremlin-linked influence and capital, with a network of «metastases» reaching into Hungary and Slovakia. The film details how oligarchs—who often pose as «liberals» or «anti-war» figures—actively participated in the preparations for Putin’s aggression. It further exposes the methods used to subvert European power structures through corruption and the exploitation of a «fake» Russian opposition.
The premiere is supported by the European Journalists’ Society.
About the Creators:
Director: Leonid Yakobson is a Latvian investigative journalist and survivor of an assassination attempt. He recently concluded an 11-year legal battle against the pro-Kremlin former Mayor of Riga, Nil Ushakov. Yakobson’s case was notably addressed by the United Nations Human Rights Committee https://www.ohchr.org/en/documents/meeting-summaries/dialogue-latvia-experts-human-rights-committee-welcome-law-granting.
Author: Dmitriy Savvin is a Russian political exile and Latvian citizen who fled Russia in 2015 due to his anti-war stance. A writer and scholar of neo-Sovietism, he heads a Latvian organization blacklisted as «undesirable» by the Putin regime. During the production of the film, Petr Aven attempted to initiate criminal defamation proceedings against Savvin in Latvia; however, the request was rejected by Latvian authorities.
The Board of the European Journalists’ Society
Bonum Publicum Media 