“We sincerely sympathize with his concerns about the “long arm” of the Kremlin,” she said.
According to Zakharova, the speculation of the “Russian threat” for domestic political and other purposes demonstrates the fact that the country is in political agony.
Zakharova also wished the Bulgarian people to elect a pragmatic government.
In June it was announced in Sofia that Bulgaria was expelling 70 Russian diplomats and other embassy workers.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov announced the impossibility of the normal operation of the Russian embassy in Bulgaria after the expulsion of diplomats from Bulgaria.