Petkov government expels 70 Russian diplomats
On 28 June 2022 outgoing Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov announced that Bulgaria would expel 70 Russian diplomatic staff.
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On 28 June 2022 outgoing Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov announced that Bulgaria would expel 70 Russian diplomatic staff. He said many of them were intelligence officers working under diplomatic cover and accused them of interfering in Bulgaria's domestic affairs.
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Kiril Petkov
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- 1.politico.euchecked 2026-10-15 GET 200, final URL = original (no non-trivial redirect), claim in text: petkov+diplomat · verified
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Factrail. (2026). Petkov government expels 70 Russian diplomats. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/petkov-expels-russian-diplomats-2022-06-28
https://factrail.ai/facts/petkov-expels-russian-diplomats-2022-06-28
Accessed 16 October 2026.
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