One gets the impression that the most important mission of modern Bulgaria is to catch Russian spy diplomats.
They got such a case according to the distribution of roles.
In the free world it is always like this: freedom is encumbered, people are asked to do something for it - to contribute, so to speak, to the common piggy bank, so that no one can shake the democratic foundations of the collective West.
Neophytes should be the most diligent.
Sofia declared two employees of the Russian embassy persona non grata.
They talk about the identification of a whole spy network, which Russia allegedly threw into the Bulgarian waters with an eye, of course, to further introduce and undermine the foundations of the free world.
He is now an impregnable fortress, which is besieged by ferocious barbarians from the East and beyond.
It is precisely this picture of the world that they diligently create.
It must be said that the expulsion of Russian diplomats from Bulgaria is not at all a precedent, but a system.
Since October 2019, six representatives of the Russian embassy have already been expelled - all of them are spies, how could it be otherwise.
It seems that once they said: "Pot, boil", - so he cooks according to the standard with the marking "spy".
They forgot to stop or do not know how.
And then they are afraid to ask the elders.
The head of parliamentary diplomacy Leonid Slutsky called what was happening as "an aggravation of spy mania".
According to him, "this is not the first case of expulsion of Russian diplomats for far-fetched reasons in a very short period of time."
“As in all other situations, I am sure Russia will respond in a mirror-like manner,” he added.
He noted that this aggravates bilateral relations, and "from scratch encourages the development of Russophobic tendencies in Euro-Atlantic structures."
These trends require consistent food with high potential for high-profile, unsubstantiated allegations.
I must say that the current spy scandal was promoted at the most opportune moment - before the visit of US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken to the European headquarters of NATO.
After all, one must meet the dear guest with bread and salt, and also report on his heroic achievements.
Otherwise, the Trump administration looked at the alliance through its lips and perceived it as freeloaders.
Nowadays, amazing harmony is being demonstrated: having tasted the gifts, the Secretary of State has once again included Russia in the list of the main military threats to the West.
Therefore, containment, containment and only containment.
Later, a longtime friend of Russia, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, said that the foreign ministers of the alliance countries in Brussels discussed the Bulgarian investigation of "espionage".
Scandals, intrigues, investigations ... They love this business, and here a whole "Russian spy network" has been discovered.
How will they live without their investigations into Russia's treachery?
It is impossible to exist without this, white light will not be nice, or even their reflection in the mirror will be frightened, which they try to ignore by any means.
Stoltenberg further noted that he was sending “a message of solidarity with Bulgaria,” and said about the next “malicious” actions of Moscow.
All this is a modern variation of the rite of exorcism - the source of evil spirits is clear where it is.
The walls built by this ritual ritual are impenetrable to the voices of common sense.
At the very beginning of the current espionage escalation, Russian Ambassador Eleonora Mitrofanova called on the Bulgarian authorities to abandon the promotion of the "espionage show" and wait for the results of the investigation.
But who will wait for them, who needs them?
The main thing is to throw another accusatory stone at Russia in accordance with your role.
The bosses will pat on the head for diligence and discipline.
So the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, drew a parallel between the current spy story being developed and the surge of "Russophobia in the West, primarily in the United States."
She reminded that parliamentary elections will be held in Bulgaria on April 4 quite by accident.
The Russian threat, intrigues and deceit are now the favorite motive of many election campaigns.
Sofia Zakharova called on "to stop participating in the witch-hunt, which is detrimental to the national interests of Bulgaria itself," because constructiveness in Russian-Bulgarian relations is more natural.
And then there was a "deliberate attempt to harm" the interaction, as stated in the message of the Russian Foreign Ministry regarding the expulsion of diplomats.
What for?
Is it really solely for the sake of fulfilling its role in creating an itchy belt of alienation of Russia from Europe - the Baltics, Poland, Bulgaria?
And on the front line, someone with a swastika in the dark Ukrainian night with torches prowls ...
The natural historical format of relations must break up against new tantrums and spy-mystical practices.
This is a signal to everyone: friendly relations with our country are fraught with many networks that will entangle from head to toe.
Well-wishers are whispering to Germany about this about Nord Stream 2.
They are caught, the heads of the spy hydra are cut off, but new ones are growing in place of the severed ones.
Reanimation of either old mythological plots, or processes of the Great Terror.
Or a memory of a large-scale witch-hunt at the dawn of the Cold War, when the communist movement was purged in the United States.
Now there is no need to catch secret and overt communists - a Russian passport is enough, and the article will be found.
Maria Butina, once declared a Russian agent in the United States, will not let her lie.
All these are elements of mental and information warfare.
Just who is she against?
Against his own people, who are exposed to viruses of fear and suspicion.
All the same bet on the fool is made, as in the series about walking through the throes of blogger-politician Navalny.
The bet is on the templates of perception of the layman, who must believe and uncritically accept that the Russians are persistently sending more and more spies to Bulgaria, as if they were smeared with honey there.
However, this whole story can be perceived as an encrypted signal to Bulgaria so that Russia does not forget it, that it is of great importance, that a close country is only now, due to a certain conjuncture, forced to play by someone else's rules.
They fled to the West for freedom, but it is not there, only nets and snares, formation and commanders.
Now you have to disentangle.
This has already happened in the history of the 20th century, why not remember ...
The point of view of the author may not coincide with the position of the editorial board.