A Moscow-Sponsored School in Bulgaria is Closing its Doors

The "Yuri Gagarin" private school in the Bulgarian resort Kamchia, which is part of the largest children's camp outside the Russian Federation and owned by the Moscow City Hall, is closing its doors. The labor inspectorate in Varna has already received an application for the layoff of more than 30 people - teachers and employees. The Regional Department of Education - a structure under the Ministry of Education and Science - was also notified of the situation, but without details.

The notification of the mass layoff of teachers is according to Art. 328, para. 1 of the Labor Code (termination of activity). Unofficially, it became clear from those working at the school that its funding from the Russian side was stopped already after the start of the war in Ukraine last year and the management could not cope with the maintenance.

There were indications of closing the school a year ago, after Russia started a war in Ukraine, but that didn't happen.

In addition to the planned reduction of teachers, the summer children's camps, which the Sports and Rehabilitation Complex -  "Kamchia" has been organizing for several years, have been announced by parents who registered their children for them. For 50 leva per day with transport from Varna and back and food included, children of all nationalities attended various educational classes for several years in a row at the "Raduga" children's camp in the "Kamchia" complex.

The camp and the school are part of the complex, which in 2008, under the government of prime minister Sergey Stanishev (2005-2008), Bulgaria sold to Moscow for less than 10 leva per square meter. The land is 80 decares and is located in close proximity to the mouth of the Kamchia River.

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