The Russians showed the Arrest of a Bulgarian for Sabotage in Front of a Bus with Bulgarian License Plates

The military channel "Zvezda" released a video of the arrest of a Bulgarian with Ukrainian citizenship, who was detained yesterday in Russia by anti-terrorists. The video shows a man being handcuffed in front of a silver Volkswagen van with a registration number from Plovdiv. You can hear how the man wants to put on some pants first. At one point he says "прошу прощения" (I'm asking for forgiveness), which Russian propaganda channels interpret as "the arrested Bulgarian begs the FSB for forgiveness." And some add a comment: "Will the court forgive him? No".

Yesterday, Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) announced that it had arrested a group of saboteurs suspected of plotting assassination attempts against senior officials in annexed Crimea. The group consists of 7 people - Ukrainians, Russians and a Bulgarian.

According to the FSB, they were preparing assassination attempts against the head of the annexed Crimea, Sergei Aksyonov, and two other representatives of the occupation authorities, as well as sabotage of "elements of the transport infrastructure".

During the investigation of the case, an international operation for smuggling explosives from Bulgaria through Turkey and Georgia to Russia was discovered, the FSB claims.

The explosives were delivered through the transport companies СДЕК and "Возовоз" under the guise of kitchen electric stoves, and the deliveries were organized by Ukrainian citizens Marina Matuschak, Denis Smirnov and Vladyslav Sarafinchan.

Later on Wednesday, media close to Russian services reported details about Petranov. His name is Denis, and he used to work as an ordinary policeman in Melitopol. He was born on May 24, 1979 in the village of Inzovka, Zaporizhzhia...