Ilian Vassilev
Former Interior Ministry Chief Implicated in Alleged Criminal Network: Bulgaria's Latest Political Storm
In a latest twist to the unfolding saga of political intrigue, the Sofia City Prosecutor's Office has announced charges against former Interior Ministry Secretary General Zhivko Kotsev, implicating him in an alleged criminal group alongside Petya Bankova, Marin Dimitrov, and Stefan Dimitrov.
Russia 'Mulls Directing Part of New Gas Project to Bulgaria'
Pipes purchased for the abandoned South Stream project are "enough" to lay the first and part of the second line of IGTI Poseidon, Gazprom's newest venture possibly involving Bulgaria, a Russian daily has claimed.
Vedomosti quotes a source close to Gazprom as saying two legs, 16 billion cubic meters yearly each, could possibly "be built to Turkley... and to Bulgaria".
Bulgaria Energy, Finance Mins 'to Attend Key Russia Forum'
Finance Minister Vladislav Goranov and Energy Minister Temenuzhka Petkova will take part in the St Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) 2015, news sources say.
Bulgaria's Ilian Vassilev Put on Russia's Travel Ban List
Bulgaria's former ambassador to Russia Ilian Vassilev is on Moscow's list of 89 European Union politicians barred from entering Russia, the Foreign Ministry in Sofia said on Saturday.