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Antoaneta Roussi

In Bulgaria’s ‘Little Moscow’, Russians help Ukrainian refugees

Elena and Mihail Stepanov, Russian nationals living in Bulgaria, are helping Ukrainian refugees register themselves at the Bulgarian police station [Antoaneta Roussi/Al Jazeera]

Pomorie, Bulgaria – In the lobby of the Sunny Bay hotel in Pomorie, a coastal town in southeastern Bulgaria, dozens of passports belonging to Ukrainian nationals are strewn across a table.

Several refugees are housed here, having fled the war with Russia, and are now heading to the police station – with their passports – to get registered, as per Bulgarian law.

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