If Bulgaria will take action against Russian diplomats, then Moscow will definitely give them an answer. This was announced by the deputy head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia Alexander Grushko, his words brings “Interfax”.
“If Bulgaria will take unfriendly steps towards Russia, then, naturally, they should understand that against our party will follow response,” the pears threatened.
In January, the prosecutor’s office of Bulgaria opened pre-trial investigations against two Russian diplomats in the case of espionage. It was found that since 2017 to the present, one of them was allegedly engaged in spyware, collecting information about the electoral process in Bulgaria. It has been established that he has diplomatic immunity as the first secretary of the consular department of the Russian Embassy in Sofia.
It is noted that the second Russian from October 2018 to the present collected information, which is a state and official secret in the field of energy. He then sent her to the headquarters of the Russian intelligence service in Moscow.
On March 19, the Bulgarian Prosecutor’s Office reported that six employees of the Ministry of Defense of Bulgaria and military intelligence were detained on suspicion of espionage in favor of Russia. In connection with the arrest, Prime Minister Bulgaria Boyko Borisov wanted to declare Russian diplomats with unwanted personnel.