SOFIA, October 28. /TASS/. The Bulgarian prosecutor’s office has launched criminal proceedings against a Russian diplomat on the charges of espionage, the message published on its official website informs. The agency added that the case had been suspended due to the person having diplomatic immunity.

"The special prosecutor’s office launched proceedings over a crime against the republic committed by a foreign citizen. Since September 2018 the foreign citizen in question has been collecting information constituting a state secret for passing it on to a foreign country," the message noted.

The prosecutor’s office informed that the suspect is a Russian citizen who held meetings with Bulgarian citizens privy to confidential information.

"On October 25, Prosecutor General Sotri Tsatsarov officially informed the minister of foreign affairs of the facts uncovered during the investigation and the actions of the prosecution," the document says.

The Russian embassy in Bulgaria has made no comment on the matter yet.