The Bulgarian Hristo Grozev, an investigative journalist from "Belingkat", who was declared wanted by Russia, received an invitation to be heard by the parliamentary commission for control over services this afternoon.

The invitation is for tomorrow, January 5, when the commission will hold a regular meeting.

On December 31, the deputies from "Democratic Bulgaria" Ivaylo Mirchev and Atanas Atanasov requested that Grozev be heard by the commission of which they are members.

Their request was for the hearing to be held on Thursday, January 5, when the commission normally meets.

And they insisted that if no regular meeting was scheduled for tomorrow, an extraordinary one should be called.

However, it turns out that there is a meeting, but Grozev is not on the agenda.

Until today, the commission was chaired by Daniel Mitov (GERB).

Today, former interior minister Boyko Rashkov, who is a member of the "We continue the change" party, took the chief position on a rotating basis, "Sega" reported.

MPs from DB want Hristo Grozev to be heard in the parliament

Mirchev and Atanasov propose that the acting Foreign Minister Nikolay Milkov and representatives of the security services be invited to the commission, since the presidency announced that actions were taken by the institutions, including through cooperation with the partner services.

The reason for requesting a hearing of the journalist Grozev is that "the declaration of a Bulgarian citizen wanted by a state sponsor of terrorism, according to a resolution of the European Parliament, represents a threat to national security", Mirchev and Atanasov state in their letter to Daniel Mitov.

Mirchev told "Sega" that the letter was also sent to Boyko Rashkov.

The agenda for the commission's meeting is determined by its chairman. Mirchev and Atanasov again submitted a request to Rashkov that Grozev be included in the agenda for tomorrow's commission's meeting, or that a separate extraordinary meeting be convened on the subject.

Rashkov indicated to "Sega" that everything is being done so that Grozev will be heard tomorrow or at the latest on Friday at an extraordinary meeting of the commission.

The idea is to do this as part of the PP's proposal that the government be obliged to collect all the information on the "Grozev" case, Rashkov told "Sega".

The former interior minister expects Grozev to inform the deputies what he knows, what he assumes, what he fears.

MFA: The "Grozev" case undermines our already bad relations with Russia

The Russian Ministry of the Interior has not yet answered the Bulgarian one why exactly Grozev is being sought.

This is what the Ministry of the Interior told "Now".

On December 29, after being summoned to the Foreign Ministry, Russian Ambassador Eleonora Mitrofanova recommended that the Ministry of Internal Affairs ask the Russian authorities why Grozev was wanted.

The Ministry of the Interior immediately announced that it would do so.

Apparently, however, a week is not enough time for Moscow to respond.