The Kremlin recruits Bulgarian Students for 1000-2000 euros per month

The Kremlin recruits Bulgarian students, inviting them to participate in projects, to travel and study in Russia, and then, as soon as it is convinced that they are "ideological", it offers them money. The amounts vary between 1,000 and 2,000 euros per month, claims Petar Tanev from the "Free Russia" association.

This morning, Tanev told Euronews Bulgaria that he was offered to participate in a project related to directing Bulgarian students to study in Russia. He was invited to Crimea by the chairman of the Bulgarian association there - Ivan Abazher.

Petar Tanev is half-Russian and while studying in Moscow, he participated in various projects. There he received the offer from Abazher, but refused because he "respects the territorial integrity of Ukraine".

According to him, before the war in Ukraine, Russia had a greater espionage capacity because it served with the diplomatic corps in the respective countries. After the war, however, they began to use the resources with the civilians - shadow spies, inactive before the war, but ready to start their activities.

After refusing Ivan Abazher's offer, Tanev realized that the project had been implemented and that the participating Bulgarian students had been recruited:

"This does not mean that they will immediately become spies, but that they are preparing to adapt to this system, to feel real emotions, to be supporters of Putin's regime. You cannot become a spy just because you are paid - you also need ideas, yes you need to be an idea guy."

Tanev told about another similar case. He worked in a student organization - Balkan Club. Tanev stated that the Kremlin and the Ministry of Education "entered it with all their capabilities to make such a...