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Bulgaria to expel Russian diplomat suspected of spying

by Veselin Toshkov
| December 18, 2020 9:27 AM

SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgaria's foreign ministry said on Friday that a Russian diplomat had 72 hours to leave the country after prosecutors accused him of spying and gathering military information including the number of U.S. troops deployed to Bulgaria for military drills.

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