Bulgaria expels Russian diplomat over arms depot blasts

SOFIA (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)