Vladimir Klimanov

The Minister Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation in Sofia Philip Voskresensky - the highest-ranking diplomat, among the 70 who must leave Bulgaria by July 3, announced that the country's consular services in Bulgaria have stopped working. The reason is that they are left without staff to do their job.

Russian citizen, Alexander Zh., has been taken into custody by the Bulgarian police in the city of Varna on an arrest warrant issued by the United States, Russia's Consular General in Varna, Vladimir Klimanov, told TASS on Friday.