Russian Relations

Bulgarian President Radev Vetoes Armored Vehicle Donation to Ukraine, Prioritizes National Security – Novinite.com – Sofia News Agency

Bulgarian President Rumen Radev took a decisive stance today, vetoing the agreement for the provision of armored transport vehicles to Ukraine. The ratified deal, aiming to donate equipment from Bulgaria’s Interior Ministry to Ukraine‘s Ministry of Defence, faced a significant setback as the President returned it to Parliament for further discussion. In his rationale Read more…

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Bulgarian Defense Minister: Aid to Ukraine is Our Strategic Interest! – Novinite.com – Sofia News Agency

“Justice will not prevail if Russia remains in possession of even one square kilometer of Ukrainian territory and does not bear responsibility for the destruction caused and the war crimes committed”. This is what Defense Minister Todor Tagarev said in the discussions on the motion of no confidence in the government for the defense Read more…

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First Russian Sabotage in NATO: Bellingcat showed what Russia used to Blow Up the Weapons Depots in Bulgaria – Novinite.com – Sofia News Agency

In November 2011, GRU unit 29155 blew up an ammunition depot in Lovnidol, Bulgaria, containing artillery shells destined for Georgia. It was the first known terrorist attack carried out by a team of assassins and saboteurs who would later poison Sergei and Yulia Skripal in England, a Bulgarian arms dealer in Sofia and blow up Read more…

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A Bulgarian Criminal Group has been Exporting Gear and Tech to “Wagner” and Russian Special Forces – Novinite.com – Sofia News Agency

A criminal group for the export of goods with possible dual use, exported for the military operations on the territory of Ukraine, was discovered by Bulgarian auhtorities. This was announced yesterday at a joint press conference in Plovdiv by Deputy Prosecutor General Maria Pavlova, Zhivko Kotsev, Chief Secretary of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Read more…

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Azerbaijan has started a New War in Nagorno-Karabakh: The Armenian Air Defense is being Destroyed – Novinite.com – Sofia News Agency

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…

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Bulgaria: The Court left Vasil Bozhkov in Custody – He communicated with Prigozhin? – Novinite.com – Sofia News Agency

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…

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Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin Dead after Plane Crash in Russia – Novinite.com – Sofia News Agency

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…

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The Kremlin recruits Bulgarian Students for 1000-2000 euros per month – Novinite.com – Sofia News Agency

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…

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Two of the Bulgarians detained for the Espionage Affair in the UK have connections to “Vazrazhdane” – Novinite.com – Sofia News Agency

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…

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