This was reported to TASS at the Russian embassy in Sofia.

“Bulgaria has decided to expel 70 diplomats and representatives of the technical staff of the Russian embassy,” they said.

Earlier, the Bulgarian Parliament announced a vote of no confidence in the coalition government headed by Prime Minister Kiril Petkov.

Petkov, after the parliament passed a vote of no confidence in the government headed by him, said that three Bulgarian politicians and the Russian ambassador in Sofia were allegedly involved in this.