“This is a more than strange decision that does not fit into any reasonable framework, was taken by the already retired Prime Minister Petkov, and, as far as I heard, there are heated discussions in Sofia regarding its legality,” TASS quoted him as saying.
Earlier it became known that Bulgaria is expelling 70 Russian diplomats and technical workers of the Russian embassy.
Before that, the parliament of the republic announced a vote of no confidence in the coalition government headed by Prime Minister Kiril Petkov, who later stated that three Bulgarian politicians and the Russian ambassador in Sofia were allegedly involved in this.