Bulgaria expels 70 Russian diplomats – what happened

Bulgaria decided to expel 70 people from the country embassies Russia in Sofia. Most of the diplomats worked for intelligence.

This was reported by the BTA agency.

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Bulgarian Prime Minister Kirill Petkov noted that most of the employees of the Russian embassy worked for foreign intelligence, and their diplomatic role was only a cover.

Petkov did not specify what kind of activity the Russian diplomats are being expelled for, since this information is confidential.

“I would like to appeal to all countries, not only to Russia, that everyone who works against the interests of Bulgaria will be deported to the country from which they came,” the prime minister said.

In the Russian Federation reacted to the scandalous dismissal of a diplomat because of the war in Ukraine

The Kremlin accused Boris Bondarev, adviser to the Russian mission to the UN in Geneva, who, with a scandal resignedin betrayal. The day before, the diplomat spoke out against the war in Ukraine and spoke about the “degradation of the Russian Foreign Ministry” and Minister Sergei Lavrov.

Dmitry Peskov, a spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin, commented on the loud resignation of Bondarev.

“Mr. Bondarev is no longer with us, rather, he is against us … He condemns the actions of the Russian leadership, and the actions of the Russian leadership are supported by almost the entire population of our country. This means that this gentleman opposed the general consolidated opinion of our country,” Peskov said.

Former site “Today” informedthat Russian diplomats at the UN began to expose the Putin regime. Also we wrotethat Russia is expelling eight Japanese diplomats.