SOFIA — Bulgarian officials say an investigation into the attempted assassination of an arms maker is focusing on five suspected Russian agents — including a Russian military intelligence general alleged to have commanded a team accused in the 2018 Novichok attack in Britain against former Russian spy Sergei Skripal.
RFE/RL: Bulgarian poison probe focuses on Russian spy chief
In this photo taken on Oct. 10, 2017, shows Bulgarian arms dealer Emilian Gebrev during a press conference in Sofia. Investigators report that an alleged third Skripal attack suspect was possibly implicated in a 2015 poisoning of a local arms dealer. On April 28, 2015, Emilian Gebrev, a businessman in the arms industry, was hospitalized after collapsing at a reception in Sofia. His adult son and a senior executive of his company had also been affected.
