The Bulgarian authorities decided to expel two Russian diplomats from the country. This decision was made against the backdrop of a spy scandal. This was reported by RBC with reference to the btv channel.
This is stated in the statement of the Prosecutor General of Bulgaria Ivan Geshev.
On March 19, the Bulgarian prosecutor's office announced that six employees of the Bulgarian Defense Ministry and military intelligence were detained on suspicion of spying for Russia. In connection with the arrests, Prime Minister Boyko Borisov wanted to declare Russian diplomats undesirable. In turn, Moscow promised to mirror the response to the expulsion of diplomats.
In January, the Bulgarian prosecutor's office opened pre-trial investigations against two Russian diplomats in an espionage case. It was established that from 2017 to the present, one of them was engaged in espionage activities, collecting information about the electoral process in Bulgaria. It is established that he has diplomatic immunity as the first secretary of the consular section of the Russian embassy in Sofia.
It is noted that the second Russian in the period from October 2018 to the present has been collecting information that constitutes state and official secrets in the field of energy. He then sent her to the headquarters of the Russian intelligence service in Moscow.
