SANS has sown dozens of Russian spies in Bulgaria in 2024.
The State Agency for National Security (SANS) has been involved in Bulgaria by dozens of foreigners who have acted in the service of Russian intelligence. This is evident from the report of the agency submitted to the National Assembly.
The activity of
- Two Russian citizens established as scouts – illegal to the external intelligence service of the Russian Federation.
- One person (with Russian and Colombian citizenship) performing tasks of Russian special services on the territory of Member States of the European Union and NATO
- A Belarusian citizen who has made illegal penetration into the territory of a military unit.
- A Bulgarian citizen suspected of espionage in favor of the Russian Federation.
- two people who have disclosed information representing a state secret
- A foreigner involved in the activity of a special service.
- A Russian citizen involved in attempts to transfer to our country of capital of Russian origin, which are either could be related to the criminal or other anti -social activity carried out on the territory of the Russian Federation or other countries.
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The report states that SANS has continued work on production in connection with the process against the Bulgarians, worked for the benefit of Russia in the UK. The SANS has taken action concerning other Bulgarian citizens, located on our territory and directly related to the overall disclosure of criminal activity, writes SANS.
Russian malicious influence is a threat to Bulgaria and through destabilization in neighboring countries In the region, the intensification of extreme nationalism, the retreats from the principles of democracy and the rule of law, the violation of the principles of good neighborhood and the arrangements reached, the action of organized crime and corruption. Negative projections on Bulgarian communities in countries in the region are continued to be monitored, the escalation of the hate language used, the implementation of discrimination, administrative pressure, the impediment of the activity of pro -Bulgarian organizations, SANS found.
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Part of the report is dedicated to Cyberf present, which increase, including in Bulgaria. In 2024, the most common are attacks for blocking information systems of companies or for theft of data. Attack: Information systems of state institutions and municipal administrations; companies involved in the production, storage and export of defense -related products; financial sector units; Objects from the critical infrastructure in the transport sector; hospitals; non -governmental organizations and others.
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In 2024 the level of terrorist threat It remains low for Bulgaria, is the evaluation of the service. The infiltration of terrorist organizations in the migration flows and the radicalization of individuals and groups under the influence of jihadist propaganda is maintained as a major risk.
SANS identifies Dozens of risks to strategic sites and activitiesrelated to:
- Attempts to divert financial resources for personal or group benefits through public procurement abuse, documentation of fictitious activities, conclusion of disadvantaged contracts and other official crimes;
- vulnerabilities in the absorption of European funding
- Problems with the transfer and balance of the electricity system in conditions of increasing volume of electricity from renewable sources;
- the challenges related to the prices of electricity and the compensation of the energy costs of the business;
- deficits as the services provided for the supply of electrical and thermal energy;
- the deteriorating financial status of coal companies and the lack of results of policies to create alternative employment in the coal industry regions;
- the delay of projects for the development of transport connectivity, for repair and modernization of rail and automotive infrastructure;
- the possibility of new epidemics, facilitated by the increasing mobility of people and the lack of immunization of a growing share of the population living in conflict regions;
- the increasing antimicrobial resistance caused by the frequent use of antibiotics and severely limiting treatment options;
- The tendency to increase the deficit of medical staff, especially in state and municipal hospitals;
- the periodic lack of important and expensive commercial drugs due to logistics problems, parallel export schemes, increasing consumption;
- unfair competition from third -country agricultural producers;
- deficits in the management of water resources related to the unsatisfactory state of individual dams, transmission and hydromelioration infrastructure;
- attempts to illegal imports and use of prohibited plant protection products in the European Union; deficits in the implementation of the state preventive program in the context of the exacerbated epizootic situation in the region;
- Attempts to distribute unfit for use;
- schemes for illegal extraction and transport of timber;
- air and water pollution in individual regions;
- the delayed introduction of the principles of the circular economy in the use of waste, leading to premature filling of the capacity of regional landfills;
- Deficiencies for storage of hazardous chemicals.
On average on a working day in 2024, the SANS bodies were examined by 1111 persons and 5.84 transactions and were carried out under 5.24 competence inspections, the report said.
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