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Russian Embassy in Sophia said that if the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry did not withdraw two notes with the list of employees of Russian foreign missions by July 1, they would have unpleasant consequences. All will fall to the Bulgarian side.
“Otherwise, the Russian leadership will be immediately asked to close the Russian embassy in Sofia (which automatically means closing the Bulgarian embassy in Moscow),” the diplomatic mission said in a statement.
Earlier, Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov said it was not he who decided to expel 70 Russian diplomats. The President of the Republic Rumen Radev emphasized that he did not know why they were considered a personu non grata.