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HISTORICAL FACTS: Bulgaria blocks bank transfer to russian embassy citing eu sanctions - Caught on Camera

FILE PHOTO: A view of the Russian embassy in Sofia, Bulgaria, April 29, 2021. REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov

Bulgaria has blocked a bank transfer worth some $890,000 to the Russian embassy because of EU sanctions, Finance Minister Assen Vassilev said on Wednesday, several days after Sofia expelled 70 Russian diplomatic staff from the Balkan country.

"There is a bank transfer to the Russian embassy which falls directly under the European Commission sanctions. There are no frozen bank accounts," Vassilev told reporters.

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