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Bulgaria expels Russian diplomat over arms depot blasts

FILE PHOTO: Minister for foreign affairs of Bulgaria Ekaterina Zaharieva arrives to attend a European Foreign Affairs ministers council in Luxembourg October 12, 2020. Jean-Christophe Verhaegen/Pool via REUTERS

Bulgaria on Thursday said it was expelling a Russian diplomat after prosecutors said they suspected Russian involvement in four explosions at arms depots in Bulgaria.

At a meeting with the Russian ambassador, Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva requested full Russian cooperation with Bulgaria's investigation of the explosions and of attempts to poison Bulgarian arms trader Emilian Gebrev.

(Reporting by Tsvetelia Tsolova; Editing by Kevin Liffey)

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