Sofia City Court

Rule Changes

First‑instance court that blocked Grechushkin’s extradition to Lebanon

Five years after a warehouse of ammonium nitrate obliterated much of Beirut, a Bulgarian court has just refused to send the man tied to the ship that carried the chemicals back to Lebanon. Judges in Sofia said Lebanon hadn’t convincingly promised that dual Russian‑Cypriot businessman Igor Grechushkin would be shielded from the death penalty if extradited.

Updated Dec 11, 2025