In Bulgaria, a Russian was arrested whose explosion destroyed Beirut's port in 2020

To spread: the Russian businessman Igor Grechushkin, who lives in Cyprus, was detained for possible extradition to Lebanon, where he is wanted for his role in an explosion in Beirut's port when 200 people were killed. Bulgaria did not comment on this case, but the Bulgarian prosecutor's office said on Tuesday that she detained a citizen of Russia and Cyprus with the initials of ID "for extradition" to Lebanon.

Sofia's city court ruled that a man could be detained for up to 40 days, Reuters reports. "In the period of temporary detention, the competent Lebanon bodies must submit to the prosecutor's office a request for issuance and supporting documents," the statement reads. Grechushkina was wanted by Interpol at the request of the Lebanon Judiciary in 2020.

The investigation into Lebanon's causes of the explosion and possible negligence of higher Lebanon officials for the last five years, then stopped, renewed, and the victims of the explosion were accused of what had happened, political intervention. The first investigating judge was dismissed from the Lebanon investigation in response to the complaints of high -ranking officials, whom he had made accusations.

His successor, Tarek Bitar, also charged high -ranking politicians, but they refused interrogation, denied their guilt and froze the investigation. At the beginning of this year, the bitter resumed the investigation and in recent months interrogated several officials, but he has not yet issued the long -awaited previous indictment. We will remind, the explosion in Beirut's port occurred five years ago.