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Plamen Studenkov and Stefan Stefanov. Photos of the Ministry of Defense
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Former director of the Military Intelligence Service Plamen Studenkov and his deputy Stefan Dyankov Stefanov were interrogated today because of the Russian spy scandal, announced Zonanews. The second was developed along Russian lines back in 2001, suspected of being part of the group of former RUMNO officer Yani Yani and secret archives officer Lilyana Gesheva, who were accused of spying for Russia, but in a third instance in 2009. were acquitted and the evidence in the case disappeared between the various courts, which is a total scandal. And so a perfect development of the WRC from 2000-2001 against Russian espionage went to hell. The Lilyana Gesheva in question had an ambiguous relationship with Stefan Dyankov Stefanov, as well as with Yani Yanev, who died recently.
Today Plamen Studenkov and Stefan Stefanov were interrogated as
witnesses to the unprecedented investigation of the group of Russian spies,
installed in the Military Intelligence Service and the MoD. According to Zonanews, at least one was aware of the activities of the resident of the spy group Ivan Iliev, but did not take any action in this regard, SANS was not notified. Studenkov and Stefanov were respectively directors and deputy directors of the Military Information Service (now the Military Intelligence Service) until the summer of 2010.
Let’s see what the declassified documents from the RUMNO archive show about these problematic people who were in key positions in our military intelligence. Plamen Ivanov Studenkov was born on November 2, 1952 in the village of Sennik, Gabrovo district. His father, Ivan Sabev Studenkov, is the party secretary of workshop 200 at the St. Bachvarov Academy. In 1970 he graduated from high school in the town of Sevlievo and in the same year he applied to VNVU “V. Levski”, profile “motorized riflemen”. He graduated from the military school in 1974 with a rather low grade – 4.72. He has been a member of the Bulgarian Communist Party since 1974, he was admitted to 392 PPO (primary party organization) of VNVU. From the same year until 1979 he was commander of a platoon and company at VNVU “V. Levski”. In 1975 he married Nadezhda Stefanova from Ruse. His wife has a twin sister who worked in the City People’s Council in Debelets. In 1976 and 1979 he
they gave birth to two children – Ivan and Stefan.
From 1979 to 1981 he was a student at the Academy of Arts “GS Rakovski”, 1st faculty,
“motorized rifle” profile. It has been proposed to the attention of the Mandate
military intelligence commission as a potential job candidate
there and in September 1981 he entered the General Staff (RUMNO). From 01.10.1981
until July 31, 1982 he took a course in Turkish at the Military Academy
“GSRakovski”, after the completion of which he entered the ward
“Turkey” of RU-HQ. In 1983 he became a senior assistant chief of
Balkan Countries, Asia and Africa Department of the Information Service of the
RUMNO (RU-GŜ).
Stefanov also took a 10-month course at the GRU school in Moscow.
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