Joint probe with Britain to look at poison attacks

Bulgaria and Britain said Monday they will jointly investigate possible connections between a poison attack on a Russian ex-spy in England that has been blamed on Russian military intelligence and the poisoning of the Bulgarian owner of an arms factory in 2015.

Britain’s ambassador to Sofia,

Emma Hopkins, said after a meeting with Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov and law enforcement officials that information about the possible poisoning of Emilian Gebrev had been discussed. Gebrev survived.

Bulgarian Chief Prosecutor Sotir Tsatsarov said that a Russian citizen, Sergei Fedotov, made three trips to Bulgaria in 2015.

According to investigative group Bellingcat, Fedotov was suspected of being involved in the Novichok nerveagent poisoning of Russian ex-spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter, Yulia, in the English city of Salisbury.