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Bulgaria arrests group led by former Military Intelligence officer for spying for Russia

March 19, 2021March 22, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Russia

Bulgarian prosecutors and the State Agency for National Security have taken into custody members of a group, led by a

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Navalny case: EU moves to further sanctions, saying Russia drifting toward authoritarian state

February 22, 2021February 24, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Russia

European Union foreign ministers have agreed to work on further restrictive measures against figures in Russia responsible for the arrest,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM challenges President over silence on Navalny

January 24, 2021January 26, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Roumen Radev, Russia

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov repeated on January 24 a call to President Roumen Radev to state his position on

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Bulgaria 

Russia expels Bulgarian deputy military attache in ‘mirror’ move

December 28, 2020December 30, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Russia

Bulgaria’s ambassador in Moscow, Atanas Krastin, was summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry on December 28 to be handed a

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Bulgaria names Russian diplomat persona non grata for spying on military

December 18, 2020December 20, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Russia

Bulgaria has given a Russian diplomat 72 hours to leave the country after it was established that he had sought

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Russia expels two Bulgarian diplomats in ‘mirror’ move for expulsion of Russian diplomats

October 12, 2020October 13, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Russia

Bulgaria’s ambassador in Moscow, Atanas Krastin, was summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry on October 12 to be handed a

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s PM, President comment on expelled Russian ‘spy’ diplomats

September 24, 2020September 25, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Roumen Radev, Russia

Commenting on September 24 on Bulgaria’s latest expulsion of Russian diplomats identified by the State Agency for National Security and

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria names two Russian diplomats persona non grata for spying on military

September 23, 2020September 25, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Russia

Bulgaria has given two Russian diplomats 72 hours to leave the country after it was established that they had sought

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Bulgaria 

Russia’s Aeroflot suspends flights connecting Moscow to Bourgas in Bulgaria

March 14, 2020March 14, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Bourgas, Russia

Russian airline Aeroflot is temporarily suspending flights connecting Moscow with Bourgas on Bulgaria’s southern Black Sea with effect from March

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