Contents tagged with Gebrev

  • Six Russians suspected of explosions at ammunition depots in Bulgaria

    The Bulgarian Prosecutor's Office is gathering evidence to establish the possible involvement of six Russian citizens in four explosions at ammunition depots from 2011 to 2020. The investigation is checking the scenario according to which the explosions in 2011, 2015 and 2020 targeted weapons that businessman Emilian Gebrev was planning to send to Georgia and Ukraine, said the spokeswoman of the Bulgarian Prosecutor's Office Siika Mileva.

    According to Mileva, the exact cause of the explosions …

  • Russian opposition leader Navalny and Bulgarian businessman Gebrev poisoned with same substance

    Doctors from the German Hospital Sharite, who are treating the Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, contacted Bulgarian colleagues involved in the treatment of businessman Emelian Gebrev, who was poisoned in 2015 in Sofia. According to Der Spiegel, experts suggest that Navalny was exposed to a substance from the same family of organophosphates as Gebrev.

    This family includes insecticides such as E605, as well as nerve toxins such as sarin and the even more potent drug Novichok, developed …