The Bulgarian Foreign Ministry informed the Russian Ambassador to Sofia Eleonora Mitrofanova that 23 diplomats and 25 technical staff should remain in Bulgaria.

As the Foreign Ministry of Bulgaria explains, a decision has been made to equalize the number of Russian diplomats with the number of Bulgarian diplomats working in Russia, Meduza reports..

The Russian Ambassador was given a list of 70 employees of the diplomatic missions of the Russian Federation who must leave Bulgaria. All 70 people will leave the country on one flight on July 3, according to the website of the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry.

The Bulgarian publication Dnevnik writes that, according to unofficial information, about 150 employees work at the Russian Embassy in Sofia..

The Russian Foreign Ministry has unofficially announced that it will respond to the actions of Bulgaria.

Recall that on April 27, the Russian Federation, contrary to existing contracts, stopped gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria due to their refusal to pay for gas in Russian rubles, which contradicts previously concluded contracts.