SOFIA -- Bulgaria's Foreign Ministry says that it is expelling two Russian diplomats for allegedly spying, and has given them 48 hours to leave the country.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Mitko Dimitrov told reporters that prosecutors had found evidence of "unauthorized spying activities incompatible with their diplomatic status."
Foreign Minister Teodora Genchovska confirmed the move to journalists at Bulgarian parliament in the capital.
The ministry said one of the diplomats was a counsellor at Moscow's embassy in Sofia. It did not give any details on the second diplomat being expelled.
Russia's state TASS news agency quoted the Russian Embassy in Sofia as saying Moscow would respond in kind to the expulsions.
Bulgaria Expels Two Russian Diplomats It Accuses Of Spying
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