A court in Sofia has chosen a preventive measure for five employees of the Bulgarian Ministry of Defense and military intelligence, suspected of spying for Russia. Like the sixth person involved in the case, they were all taken into custody, reports the Bulgarian National Television (BNT).
The TV channel notes that the court session lasted until five o'clock in the morning local time. The prosecution claims to have collected enough evidence against the five defendants. Among them are the former head of military intelligence Ivan Iliev, the head of the secret service in parliament Lubomir Medarov and the deputy head of the budget and expenditures of the army of the Ministry of Defense of Bulgaria, Colonel Petr Petrov, as well as two current military intelligence officers.
It is reported that during searches in the house and office of Petrov, confidential NATO documents were found.
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.
