Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev has asked the Minister of Justice to propose to the President to revoke the Bulgarian citizenship of a Russian national. The citizenship was granted to him by naturalization in exchange for investment.
Sources told Bulgaria's public broadcaster BNT that the Russian in question was Igor Finogenov, a former director of the Eurasian Development Bank. He is a Kremlin insider, as evidenced by his photos with former Russian President and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. He also worked with Sergei Nikolashin, a diplomat in Sofia who was expelled from Bulgaria in 2020 on charges of being a Russian spy.
The state Prosecutor's Office specified that Igor Finogenov had breached the procedure for acquiring Bulgarian citizenship.
Thank you for choosing to stay in Bulgaria. This was said by Bulgaria's Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov at the ceremony officially announcing the new class of fellows under the EXPLORER program of the Institute for Computer Science, Artificial..
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Bulgaria will receive over 3.2 billion euros from the Security Action for Europe (SAFE) programme, the European Commission announced. The loan programme is worth 150 billion euros and aims to strengthen the EU's ability to make strategic investments in..
Joining the eurozone will provide Bulgaria with stability as part of the common currency area, said Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central..
On Friday, the lowest temperatures will range from 15°C to 22°C, 16°C in Sofia. During the day, the cloud cover will often be significant. Cumulonimbus..
The debate on the introduction of the euro and Bulgaria’s membership in the Eurozone is more of a political issue than an economic or social one,..
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