Russia expels Bulgarian diplomat

MOSCOW, Dec 5 (KUNA) -- Russia decided on Thursday expelling a Bulgarian diplomat from its territories after considering him "persona non grata".
The Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement today that it summoned the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Bulgaria to Russia Atanas Krastin and handed him a note indicating that one of the Bulgarian diplomats working at the Bulgarian Embassy in Moscow is considered as "persona non grata".
The Russian move cane in response to a similar move taken by the Bulgarian authorities against a Russian diplomat at the Russian Embassy in Sofia. (end) as.lb