Roman Logvinenko

Ukrainian Roman Logvinenko, who was convicted of the grenade launcher attack against Alexei Petrov in 2015, was released early from prison in May, Nova TV reports. The final decision was taken by the Court of Appeal in Sofia on May 29.

Via a ruling of judge Nikolay Nikolov, the Sofia City Court (SCC) has terminated and returned to the Prosecutor's Office the case against Ukrainian Roman Logvinenko who has been charged with the attempted murder of former employee of Bulgaria's domestic security service (DANS) Alexei Petrov.

State prosecutors found evidence about a planned attack on Peevski while investigating an attempt to kill former security agent Alexey Petrov, who was shot at with two grenade launchers in Sofia in October 2015, the ministry said on Monday.

A Ukranian charged with the attempted murder of a former Bulgarian security agent, Alexey Petrov, must remain in detention, the Sofia Court of Appeal decided on Tuesday.

Judges say the assumption that Roman Logvinenko participated in the attack is well founded and there is a danger he might abscond and commit another crime if he is released.

Four Ukrainian nationals have been charged with last year's attempted murder of Alexei Petrov, a former employee of Bulgaria's domestic security service DANS.

The names of the suspected attackers were announced by the Prosecutor's Office at a joint press briefing with the Ministry of the Interior in Sofia on Wednesday.