Tourist visas for Russian citizens will be issued for a period of three working days.
To facilitate the process and reduce the deadline for issuing the necessary documents from the Foreign Ministry will send more staff in Bulgarian consulate in Russia.
The relief of the procedures is a part of the measures taken by the state to limit the fall in Russian and Ukrainian tourists for the upcoming nautical season.
Simpler procedures for issuing visas will have to citizens of former Soviet republics - Belarus, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Armenia and Georgia.