{"id":2799,"date":"2025-10-20T09:01:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T06:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/?p=2799"},"modified":"2025-10-20T09:01:00","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T06:01:00","slug":"bulgaria-accuses-russian-spies-of-helping-migrant-smugglers-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/world\/bulgaria-accuses-russian-spies-of-helping-migrant-smugglers-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Bulgaria accuses Russian spies of helping migrant smugglers"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 data-start=\"675\" data-end=\"741\">Moscow is using the migration crisis as a hybrid weapon against the EU<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"743\" data-end=\"1001\">The Bulgarian authorities stated that <strong data-start=\"772\" data-end=\"831\">Russian spies help migrant smugglers<\/strong>, who organise illegal routes through the Balkans to the European Union.<br data-start=\"914\" data-end=\"917\" \/>This is reported by the <em data-start=\"935\" data-end=\"950\">The Telegraph<\/em> citing sources in Bulgaria's intelligence services.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1003\" data-end=\"1235\">According to the investigators, <strong data-start=\"1033\" data-end=\"1107\">Russian agents provide logistical, financial and technical support<\/strong> local criminal groups engaged in <strong data-start=\"1149\" data-end=\"1234\">transporting migrants from the Middle East and Africa through Turkey and Bulgaria<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<hr data-start=\"1237\" data-end=\"1240\" \/>\n<h2 data-start=\"1242\" data-end=\"1275\">\u201cThe goal is to destabilise Europe\u201d<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"1277\" data-end=\"1464\">Bulgarian officers, speaking on condition of anonymity, said that Moscow <strong data-start=\"1339\" data-end=\"1372\">coordinates the actions of smugglers<\/strong>, to <strong data-start=\"1378\" data-end=\"1419\">deepen internal contradictions in the EU<\/strong> \u0456 <strong data-start=\"1422\" data-end=\"1461\">fuelling anti-immigration sentiment<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1468\" data-end=\"1642\">\u00abThis is part of the Kremlin's hybrid strategy to create chaos, divide member states and reduce trust in European institutions,\u00bb said a Bulgarian intelligence official.<\/p>\n<hr data-start=\"1644\" data-end=\"1647\" \/>\n<h2 data-start=\"1649\" data-end=\"1693\">Channels from Turkey<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"1695\" data-end=\"1980\">The investigation showed that most of the routes <strong data-start=\"1742\" data-end=\"1789\">passing through the Turkish-Bulgarian border<\/strong>, and then through Serbia to Hungary and Romania.<br data-start=\"1837\" data-end=\"1840\" \/>Bulgarian services have recorded that some <strong data-start=\"1880\" data-end=\"1979\">intermediaries have direct contacts with former military and Russian special services personnel<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1982\" data-end=\"2147\">The government said it was considering <strong data-start=\"2029\" data-end=\"2065\">strengthening border control<\/strong> and <strong data-start=\"2069\" data-end=\"2102\">Appealing to the EU for support<\/strong> in countering \u00abcoordinated hybrid attacks\u00bb.<\/p>\n<hr data-start=\"2149\" data-end=\"2152\" \/>\n<h2 data-start=\"2154\" data-end=\"2202\">EU warns of new wave of destabilisation<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"2204\" data-end=\"2376\">European experts believe that such actions by the Kremlin are <strong data-start=\"2262\" data-end=\"2292\">a new stage of hybrid warfare<\/strong>, aimed at <strong data-start=\"2309\" data-end=\"2346\">undermining European security<\/strong> through <strong data-start=\"2353\" data-end=\"2373\">migration pressure<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2380\" data-end=\"2548\">\u00abWhile Europe is focused on supporting Ukraine, Moscow is looking for other ways to create chaos, including through migration routes,\u00bb the analyst said. <em data-start=\"2530\" data-end=\"2545\">The 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