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Ivan Iliev is not the resident, although that is what the investigation named him. Probably in this case we are talking about different branches of a larger network. This is the opinion of the former director of the National Intelligence Service, Gen. Dimo Gyaurov.
According to him, the detected spy ring was at a fairly low operational level.
“This is not a good certificate neither for Bulgarian military intelligence, whose participants are in it, nor for Russian intelligence,” Gen. Gyaurov said in Nova News.
“I do not think this is an initiative of its own, but it is not excluded that it is. The investigation will establish it,” he added.
When asked which of Bulgaria’s foreign policy actions could provoke a growing interest in Russian intelligence, he replied:
“We do not need to pinpoint a specific event or action to limit it as an occasion. Even the fact that Bulgaria has become a member of the EU and NATO and has left the orbit of Russian influence is sufficient for such interest. “.
According to him, the foreign officer is usually more difficult to recruit, but in the general case, according to the rules of classical recruitment.
“They are not who knows how many, the principles are exhaustive. Above all, we are working so that the specific person is motivated, so that they probably acquire a material motivation, “he revealed and added:
“During the time of State Security and the Soviet Union, there was mainly talk of ideological recruitment. Very often, recruitment is carried out on the basis of compromising materials, which if released in public space can greatly damage the image of the person.
