Bulgaria confirms Russian Patriarch Kirill removed from EU's 21st Russia sanctions package

Bulgarian Foreign Minister Velislava Petrova has said that the names of Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill and Lukoil founder Vagit Alekperov have been removed from the draft of the 21st EU package of sanctions against Russia, allowing Bulgaria to fully support the package.

Source: Bulgarian Foreign Minister Velislava Petrova on the sidelines of the EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting on 13 July, as reported by European Pravda

Quote from Petrova: "Bulgaria's reservations were taken into account, and these two individuals are no longer in the proposed package, so for our part we are ready to support it."

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Details: She also said that, at Bulgaria's request, the head of a company supplying components for the Sofia metro was removed from the proposed sanctions list.