Five people suspected of spying for Russia are to be charged with conspiracy to conduct espionage, UK prosecutors say. Orlin Roussev, 45, Bizer Dzhambazov, 41, Katrin Ivanova, 31, Ivan Stoyanov, 31, and Vanya Gaberova, 29, will appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday. The Bulgarian nationals are accused of conspiring Read more…
The Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan announced an anti-terrorist operation in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. According to the authorities in Baku, it is an “anti-terrorist measures of a local nature“, and their goal is “restoration of the constitutional order“. The former Minister of State of Nagorno-Karabakh, Ruben Vardanyan, stated that massive artillery Read more…
Vasil Bozhkov remains in custody permanently, the Bulgarian court decided, after the gambling boss was detained on his return to Bulgaria. During the court session, the prosecutor’s office presented data on communication and joint business between Bozhkov and the leader of the private military company “Wagner” Yevgeny Prigozhin. On leaving the courtroom, when asked by BNT Read more…
A business jet with 10 people on board has crashed in Russia’s Tver region, authorities in the country have confirmed. Rosaviatsia, quoted by TASS, said that among the passengers was businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin, founder of the private military company “Wagner”. Source: Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin Dead after Plane Crash in Read more…
The Kremlin recruits Bulgarian students, inviting them to participate in projects, to travel and study in Russia, and then, as soon as it is convinced that they are “ideological“, it offers them money. The amounts vary between 1,000 and 2,000 euros per month, claims Petar Tanev from the “Free Russia” association. This morning, Tanev told Euronews Bulgaria that Read more…
Two of the three Bulgarians arrested for spying for Russia – Biser Djambazov and Katrin Ivanova – were members of polling stations in elections held on the island and probably have connections with the pro-Russian party “Vazrazhdane“, writes the British newspaper “Telegraph”. The publication refers to sources from Sofia. On August 15, it became clear that three Bulgarians were Read more…
Three Bulgarians have been arrested in Great Britain on suspicion of being Russian spies, bTV reported. They were arrested back in February and are currently behind bars. The collected data indicates that they work for the Russian secret services. The residents are accused of having identity documents with “dubious content”, all fake. Among Read more…
The pro-Russian party “Vazrazhdane” should be declared unconstitutional and dissolved – this is what the Bulgarian Helsinki Committee insists in an open letter, together with its co-signatories and a total of 121 people with a civil position who supported it, “Dnevnik” reported. “We believe that, in its essence, the activity of this political party is aimed at Read more…
Russia has sent a public notification to designate a temporary warning zone in the Black Sea due to military exercises. The zone includes parts of the exclusive economic zone of Bulgaria. This is specified by the Ministry of Defense after yesterday’s announcement by NATO that it condemns Russia‘s “dangerous” behavior in the Black Sea. In its announcement, the ministry states that these Read more…
“According to data from 2022, the export of specialized weapons production increased by 200%. This is about 1.6 – 1.7 billion euros or about 220% growth compared to 2020.” This is what the Bulgarian Minister of Economy Bogdan Bogdanov said this morning on the National Television. According to him, the industry is developing and the goal is to Read more…