Kalin Stoyanov: The Ministry of the Interior has nothing to do with the accusations of provocation against Dimitar Stoyanov

Interior Minister Kalin Stoyanov commented on the BIRD site’s claims that the arrest of journalist Dimitar Stoyanov was related to an investigation into the former brother-in-law of the Minister of Energy, who posed as a tax official to extort a merchant. “I have a sister who has been divorced since 2009 with the person in question. For 15 years, neither I nor anyone in my family has been in contact with him. I do not know what he is doing and where he is. Let’s stop speculating on this topic. The Ministry of Internal Affairs has nothing to do with the accusations of provocation against

Stoyanov commented on whether proceedings had been initiated against him regarding the claims of Atanas Atanasov from the PP-DB that he lived in a secret apartment and was connected to Niki Mitnicharya, citing a 2023 interrogation of Stefan Bankov, brother of the arrested head of customs – Petya Bankova.

“I have no information that there was any proceeding against me other than what became public in late 2021, for which I had an indictment that was later dropped.”

Stefan Bankov held leadership positions in the Internal Security Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs from 2015 until June 2021, when he was removed from the post of director by the then Acting Interior Minister Boyko Rashkov. According to “Po sveta i wy nas” sources, during this period there were no reports against Stoyanov in the directorate headed by Bankov.

“Everything is easily verifiable about who, where and when he lived,” added Stoyanov.

When asked whether Boyko Rashkov and Asen Vassilev will be questioned about the affair with customs, the interior minister said:

“I have no idea who will be questioned when”

“On the affair with customs, I expect the investigation to come to an end.”

Asked about the interactive map that will be used during the elections, Stoyanov said:

“She played her part in the local elections and now she will be helping us. Where there are reports, how many have been processed, she will help us make decisions.”