Published February 26,2024
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Bulgaria has banned two Russian residents from getting into the European Union over their alleged function in a safety company operation within the Balkan nation, its state safety company mentioned on Monday.
Vladimir Nikolayevich Gorochkin, 39, born in Kaliningrad, and 37-year outdated Tatyana Anatolievna Gorochkina, offered themselves as Bulgarian nationals Denis Rashkov and Diana Rashkova.
“The main purpose of their presence in Bulgaria was to obtain the Bulgarian identity documents and credible biographical data, which they would later use to carry out intelligence activities outside Bulgaria,” the company mentioned.
Bulgaria, a member of the EU and NATO, issued a five-year ban on the 2 Russians getting into the 27-nation EU.
Bulgaria in September expelled the top of the Russian Orthodox Church in Sofia and two Belarusian clergymen, accusing them of serving Moscow’s geopolitical pursuits.
Five Bulgarian nationals accused of being a part of a Russian spying community in Britain tasked with finishing up surveillance and acquiring data, had been arrested final 12 months.
The three males and two ladies are accused of conspiring to gather data meant to be helpful to an enemy for a objective prejudicial to the protection of the state between August 2020 and February 2023. They appeared earlier than the court docket in September.
Source: www.anews.com.tr