BULGARIA ARRESTS RUSSIAN OWNER OF SHIP AT CENTRE OF BEIRUT PORT BLAST THAT KILLED 218
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16.09.2025


Euronews (15 September 2025)

By Gavin Blackburn

 

The arrest of Igor Grechushkin comes nearly five years after a Lebanese investigative judge issued two arrest warrants through Interpol for him and the vessel's captain.

The Russian owner of a cargo ship linked to a supply of ammonium nitrate at the centre of the massive Beirut port explosion in 2020 has been arrested in Bulgaria, Lebanese judicial officials said on Monday.

The arrest of Igor Grechushkin comes nearly five years after a Lebanese investigative judge issued two arrest warrants through Interpol for him and the vessel's captain, Boris Prokoshev, also a Russian national.

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