SOFIA, Bulgaria — The Russian assassin used an alias, Sergei Fedotov, and slipped into Bulgaria unnoticed, checking into a hotel in Sofia near the office of a local arms manufacturer who had been selling ammunition to Ukraine.
New York Times: How a poisoning in Bulgaria exposed Russian assassins in Europe
In this photo taken on Oct. 10, 2017, shows Bulgarian arms dealer Emilian Gebrev during a press conference in Sofia. Investigators report that an alleged third Skripal attack suspect was possibly implicated in a 2015 poisoning of a local arms dealer. On April 28, 2015, Emilian Gebrev, a businessman in the arms industry, was hospitalized after collapsing at a reception in Sofia. His adult son and a senior executive of his company had also been affected.
