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“The detected spy network is at a very low operational level. This is not a good certificate either for Bulgarian military intelligence, whose participants are in it, or for Russian intelligence.” This was stated by the former director of the National Intelligence Service Gen. Dimo Gyaurov.
“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.
“Ivan Iliev is not the resident, although that’s what the investigation called him. Probably in this case we are talking about different branches of a larger network,” Gyaurov thinks.
When asked which of Bulgaria’s foreign policy actions could spark a growing interest in Russian intelligence, he replied: “We don’t 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 that it 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 work so that the specific person is motivated, so that they probably acquire a material motivation, ”he explained. He added: “During the time of State Security and the Soviet Union, there was mainly talk about recruitment for ideological reasons. 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.
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