The Arms Merchant in the Sights of Russiaâs Elite Assassination Squad
Russian spies have twice tried to poison Emilian Gebrev. Now, revelations in the Czech Republic show they also destroyed shipments of his military supplies.
Inspecting the damage after an explosion at an ammunition depot near Vrbetice in October 2014. Credit. Police of the Czech Republic, via Shutterstock
April 24, 2021, 8:34 a.m. ET
For a major arms merchant, Emilian Gebrev cuts the modest figure of a bemused grandfather, preferring soccer jerseys and polo shirts to suits and ties, driving his own car and insisting that he is of little importance outside his native Bulgaria.