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Journalist · Investigative journalist, BIRD.bg (Bulgaria)

Atanas Tchobanov

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Wrote BIRD's 2022 investigations into Gemcorp's Bulgarian energy memorandum, alleging links to Russian businessman Albert Avdolyan and citing FinCEN.

Role
Investigative journalist, BIRD.bg (Bulgaria)
Type
Journalist
Assessment
Listed, since 30 Oct 2026
Last revised
30 Oct 2026
Sources
3

Our assessment

Wrote BIRD's 2022 investigations into Gemcorp's Bulgarian energy memorandum, alleging links to Russian businessman Albert Avdolyan and citing FinCEN reports. Gemcorp and the Bulgarian government disputed the claims; Bostandjiev said the memorandum was terminated.

  • Articles dated March 23, 2022 and April 20, 2022

Assessment history

  1. File opened from the research dataset.

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