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Ivan Iliev is not the resident, although he was named so by the investigation. Probably in this case we are talking about different branches of a larger network. This is the opinion of the former director of the National Intelligence Service, Gen. Dimo Gyaurov.
According to him, the detected spy network was at a rather low operational level.
“This is not a good certificate either for the Bulgarian military intelligence, whose participants are in it, or for the Russian intelligence,” said Gen. Gyaurov on Nova News.
“I do not believe that this is a self-initiative, but it is not excluded that it is. The investigation will establish this,” he added.
Asked which of the actions in Bulgaria’s foreign policy could provoke growing interest in Russian intelligence, he replied:
“We don’t need to single out a specific event or action to limit it as an occasion. Even the fact that Bulgaria has become a member of the EU and NATO and that it has left the orbit of Russia’s influence is quite enough for such an interest. “
According to him, the foreign officer is usually more difficult to recruit, but in the general case – according to the rules of classic recruitment.
“They are not who knows how many, the principles are exhaustive. Most of all, we are working on motivating the specific person, to acquire probably material motivation “, he revealed and added:
“During the time of State Security and the Soviet Union, there was talk mainly of ideological recruitment. Very often the recruitment takes place on the basis of compromising materials, which if released in the public space can be very damaging to the image of the person.
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