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Lebanese officials seek transfer of Igor Grechushkin from Bulgaria to question him about the 2020 Beirut blast that killed 218 and injured over 6,000 people.
- Police in Bulgaria arrested Igor Grechushkin, a Russian businessman, for his role in the Beirut port blast that killed over 200 people in August 2020, according to Bulgarian media reports.
- Grechushkin is wanted for extradition to Lebanon due to his involvement in the Beirut blast, as stated by Bulgaria's prosecutor's office.
- The Sofia City Court has ruled that Grechushkin can be held for up to 40 days during the extradition process, as confirmed by the court statement.
- Lebanon's investigation into the blast has faced challenges, with families of victims blaming political interference that has stalled the probe.
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Bulgaria detains Russian businessman wanted over the 2020 Beirut port blast
Russian businessman Igor Grechushkin, who lives in Cyprus, has been detained in Bulgaria for possible extradition to Lebanon, where he is wanted over his alleged role in the 2020 explosion at the Port of Beirut that killed 200 people. Bulgarian authorities did not comment on the case, but on Tuesday the prosecutor’s office said it had detained a citizen of Russia and Cyprus with the initials I.G. “for the purpose of extradition” to Lebanon. Sofi…
After years of searching, the person responsible for the explosion disaster in the port of Beirut in Bulgaria was arrested. The 48-year-old had stored ammonium nitrate.
Bulgaria confirms arrest of Russian owner of a ship at the centre of the 2020 Beirut port blast
Bulgarian authorities confirmed Tuesday they arrested a Russian ship owner wanted in Lebanon whose vessel is linked to a cargo of ammonium nitrate at the centre of the massive 2020 port explosion in Beirut.
Bulgarian authorities have arrested Igor Grechushkin, a Russian citizen, in connection with the explosion of ammonium nitrate in the port of Beirut in 2020, Euronews and the Associated Press reported referring to a Lebanese justice official.
In Bulgaria, a Russian businessman, Igor Grechushkin, owner of the Rhosus ship, who was transporting an exploding s...
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