The Russian Embassy to Sofia said that Bulgaria’s decision to expel 70 Russian diplomatic staff was a hostile action to which Moscow would respond accordingly. In a statement on its Telegram channel, Ambassador Eleonora Mitrofanova said that declaring 34 diplomats and 36 staff personae non gratae together as a list was an “unprecedented hostile step.” “The government of the Russian Federation is reserving its right of reciprocal, possibly asymmetric response to such hostile actions,” she said. (https://whtc.com/2022/06/29/russia-will-respond-to-bulgarias-hostile-expulsion-of-diplomats-2/) Bulgaria said on Tuesday that it had expelled the diplomatic staff over espionage concerns.
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