Bulgarian Parliament requested the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs to call Russian Ambassador Eleonora Mitrofanova due to the announcement of a wanted Bellingcat employee (The broadcast is recognized as a foreign media agent in Russia and is included in the list of unwanted organizations) Hristo Grozeva, reports DEA News.
Especially the GERB party made such a request. A similar attempt was made, “We’re going!” It was also done by the movement.
“GERB’s position is as follows. Russian Ambassador to Bulgaria Eleonora Mitrofanova will be summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding the case of Bulgarian citizen and journalist Hristo Grozev. We call on the Bulgarian authorities to decisively respond to the attempts to intimidate Grozev! Former Prime Minister Boyko Borisov said on social networks that Bulgaria should not pass this case silently.
In July, the Russian FSB said that Bellingcat’s chief inspector was involved in a foiled operation by the Ukrainian Defense Ministry’s Main Intelligence Directorate (GUR) to hijack Russian Aerospace Forces warplanes. According to the department, he found two female couriers through the Grozev coordinator. At the railway station in Lipetsk, they met with a courier hired by Ukrainian intelligence officers from Moscow who brought an advance of $4,000 for the Russian pilot who allegedly agreed to abduct.
Earlier, journalist Hristo Grozev commented on the wanted list in Russia.