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During his visit to Sofia this week, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev paid his respects to those who died for Bulgaria's freedom. On the occasion of Bulgaria’s Independence Day, Medvedev laid a wreath at the Monument to the Unknown Soldier in Sofia. Yet the two countries continue to struggle over recent history – the subject of this fact check.Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev lays a wreath at the Monument to the Unknown Soldier in SofiaThe Russian Ambassador to Bulgaria, Anatoliy Makarov, was asked in February when Russia would return the Bulgarian archives taken to the Soviet Union after World War II and whether he thought it was normal for Bulgarian history to be held in a foreign country without free access. Makarov replied that the materials are accessible to the Bulgarian archive services and researchers, including for copying. He added that as of April 2018, Russia had returned about 10,000 copies to Bulgaria. But he said that the remaining originals could not be returned to Bulgaria because the Russian Federation had prohibited this by law in 1998.As for the originals
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