Russian Alexey Alchin, a resident of the Bulgarian coastal city of Varna and a regular participant in demonstrations in support of Ukraine, is to be extradited to Russia to face charges of tax evasion and forgery, media reports say.

Supporters of Alchin, who runs a successful business in Russia extracting precious metals from scrap, have called for a protest in Varna on Tuesday against a ruling by the city court on August 8 that his extradition could go ahead.

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