Post by account_disabled on Mar 6, 2024 7:30:11 GMT
When news broke in March 2018 that former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia may have been poisoned with a nerve agent called Novichok by agents working for Russia's secret military service, the GRU, the dealer Bulgarian gunner Emilian Gebrev was alarmed. Three years ago, in April 2015, he fell into a coma for several days after being poisoned with an unknown substance. Even his son, and an employee of his company, became seriously ill, and were kept under the intensive care of doctors. Although the Bulgarian authorities opened an investigation into the matter, it was closed in 2016, as no substantial progress was made.
Sensing that the Skripal case was Cambodia Telegram Number Data similar to what he himself went through, Gebrev alerted the Bulgarian authorities. He believed he was attacked because of his intention to buy a stake in a Bulgarian arms factory, and that Russian GRU agents, potentially linked to a business competitor, were involved in his poisoning. Read also: Why does Russia demand the arrest of three policemen from Kosovo? Wiretapped: How Russia is dividing Ukraine's supporters But the Bulgarian law enforcement agencies reacted swiftly. But this was also done with the investigation conducted under the direction of the General Prosecutor Sotir Cacarov, who was said to have close relations with his Russian counterpart, Juri Çaika.
Unlike most other members of the European Union and NATO, as well as Western Balkan countries such as Albania, North Macedonia and Montenegro, Bulgaria refused to expel Russian diplomats over the Skripal case. "Usually, such cases are not what they seem at first sight" - declared at that time in Brussels, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov. But now Sofia is changing its approach. On January 23, 2020, the prosecution under the leadership of the new chief prosecutor, Ivan Geshev, charged 3 Russian citizens, believed to be GRU agents, with attempted murder. A day later, the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry ordered the removal from the country of the first secretary of the Russian embassy in Sofia, as well as an employee of the trade office. Bulgaria expelled another Russian diplomat in October last year.
Sensing that the Skripal case was Cambodia Telegram Number Data similar to what he himself went through, Gebrev alerted the Bulgarian authorities. He believed he was attacked because of his intention to buy a stake in a Bulgarian arms factory, and that Russian GRU agents, potentially linked to a business competitor, were involved in his poisoning. Read also: Why does Russia demand the arrest of three policemen from Kosovo? Wiretapped: How Russia is dividing Ukraine's supporters But the Bulgarian law enforcement agencies reacted swiftly. But this was also done with the investigation conducted under the direction of the General Prosecutor Sotir Cacarov, who was said to have close relations with his Russian counterpart, Juri Çaika.
Unlike most other members of the European Union and NATO, as well as Western Balkan countries such as Albania, North Macedonia and Montenegro, Bulgaria refused to expel Russian diplomats over the Skripal case. "Usually, such cases are not what they seem at first sight" - declared at that time in Brussels, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov. But now Sofia is changing its approach. On January 23, 2020, the prosecution under the leadership of the new chief prosecutor, Ivan Geshev, charged 3 Russian citizens, believed to be GRU agents, with attempted murder. A day later, the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry ordered the removal from the country of the first secretary of the Russian embassy in Sofia, as well as an employee of the trade office. Bulgaria expelled another Russian diplomat in October last year.