"It is unacceptable": in Bulgaria reacted to the announcement of Christ Grozev in Russian wanted

He also stated that he intended to protest against the warrant. "This act is unacceptable to us, it is an encroachment on freedom of speech and an attempt to intimidate a citizen of Bulgaria," the politician said. Galab Donev reported that Mrs. Eleanor Mitrofanov was summoned to obtain explanations in Bulgaria Foreign Ministry. After talking to the ministry, Mitrofanov told the media representatives that she had no information about this situation.

The diplomat also added that the journalist is only searched in the territory of the Russian Federation. "Ambassador of Russia says that I do not know why I am on the wanted one, but" we will not chase after him all over the world, which simply means that we tell him again that he is not needed here. "So . . . they "want" me to tell me that they "don't want" me? " - Mitrofan's words commented on his Twitter page.

The incident was reacted in the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Bulgaria, stating that the violation of Russian laws leads to the appropriate consequences, regardless of the activity and citizenship of the suspect. "It is not about the intimidation of the journalist or some threat to his life," the embassy assures. The CNN noted that the Russian Federation had submitted a Bulgarian journalist Christ Grozev to the list of "wanted" on Monday, December 26.

The official website of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia states that the investigator is "wanted under the article of the Criminal Code". At the same time, the specific article of the Criminal Code is not called. British journalist Eliot Giggins in 2014 founded the British journalist Eliot. The organization specializes in journalistic investigations based on the analysis of information from open sources.

Belingcat investigators, including Christ Grozev, investigated the case of poisoning by Russian opposition policies Alexei Navalny. According to journalists, 8 FSB staff were involved in the attempt. In 2022, Bellingcat was recognized as an undesirable organization in the Russian Federation, and Christ Grozev received the status of a "foreign agent". Earlier, we wrote that on December 23, an ambassador of Ukraine in Bulgaria was appointed sexology without experience in diplomacy Olesya Ilashchuk.