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Bulgaria is probing several explosions at arms warehouses for potential links to an investigation into a deadly munition blast in the Czech Republic that sparked a recent diplomatic feud with Russia.
Prosecutors are investigating six unnamed Russian citizens, whose presence in Bulgaria between 2011 and 2020 coincided with the blasts, Siyka Mileva, the spokeswoman for the country’s chief prosecutor, told reporters on Wednesday. Evidence suggests that they most likely tried to prevent munition exports to Georgia and Ukraine, she said.
The authorities also suspect the Russians of being linked to the 2015 poisoning of a Bulgarian arms dealer, Emilian Gebrev, his son and one of his employees. Bulgaria has already charged three Russians in absentia for what resembled the 2018 attack against former Russian spy Sergei Skripal in the UK.
Mileva said the charged are “very likely†a part of the Russian GRU intelligence service.