Sergei Skripal

Security Council with Cabinet will Hear Bulgarian Ambassador in Russia on Friday

The Security Council with the Bulgarian government will hold a meeting on 30 of March to discuss the case with the Russian former double agent Sergei Skripal and hear the Bulgarian Ambassador in Russia Boiko Kotsev, the government's press office said on 29th of March.

The Skripal case will be discussed at the meeting.

Reuters: Old Ties with Russia Weigh on Bulgarian Decision in Spy Poisoning Case

''Bulgaria, which has a strong pro-Russian lobby in government, needs more time to decide whether to follow NATO and EU allies in expelling Russian diplomats over a nerve agent attack on a former Russian spy'', its deputy prime minister said on Thursday, Reuters reported.

ForMin Melescanu on Skripal case: I expect Romanian diplomat to be expelled from Russia, based on reciprocity principle

Foreign Affairs Minister Teodor Melescanu stated on Wednesday that Romania, as part of the European Union, showed a sign of solidarity with the UK and expelled a Russian diplomat in the context of the scandal related to the poisoning of former spy Sergei Skripal and doesn't exclude the possibility that, in reply, the Russian Federation apply the same measure based on "the reciprocity pr

NATO Expels Seven Russian Diplomats and Denies Accreditation to Three More

Nato has expelled seven Russian diplomats over the Salisbury nerve agent attack, the organisation's secretary general has announced.

Accreditation requests for three other Moscow officials have also been rejected to "send a clear message to Russia", said Jens Stoltenberg, in the latest wave of global condemnation over the poisoning of Sergei Skripal.

Macedonia Claims Expelled Russian Diplomat Breached Security

Macedonian Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov told media on Tuesday that the unnamed Russian diplomat was expelled in solidarity with Britain over the Sergei Skripal poisoning, but also for domestic security reasons.

Dimitrov said the decision "was made after careful deliberation and analysis" and was "based on two elements".

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