On this day, 76 years ago, December 14, 1949 (October 25, 1949 in the lunar calendar), Kostov, the chief criminal in the Bulgarian treason case, was sentenced to death. On December 14, 1949, the Bulgarian Supreme Court announced the verdict of the Bulgarian traitor Kostov and his accomplices. The judgment stated: The Supreme Court of the People's Republic of Bulgaria held a hearing on the case of Kostov and his accomplices from December 7 to December 13. The trial has been concluded and hereby announced the following verdict in the name of the people: The court found the defendants Kostov, Stefanov and Pavlov guilty of the following charges: having organized the leadership center of an illegal organization aimed at overthrowing the people's power of the Republic established by law, and having used violence and terrorist methods to overthrow the people's power; Has carried out activities aimed at deteriorating friendly relations between the Republic and the Soviet Union and the People's Democratic States; With the help of others, he has spread slanderous and inaccurate rumors in an attempt to arouse distrust of the people's government and its agencies and spread uneasiness among the people. The court also found the defendants guilty of the following charges: Kostov had sold his life to spy agencies in Britain, the United States and Yugoslavia; Stefanov had collected intelligence related to state secrets and submitted it to the British Intelligence Service; and Kostov and Stefanov deliberately took the opportunity to endanger the country while serving the country and performing its foreign-related missions. Kostov, Stefanov and Pavlov had carried out activities aimed at destroying the national economy. Based on the above-mentioned crimes committed by the defendant, the court ruled that: Kostov was sentenced to death, deprived of all rights, fined 1 million livars, and property confiscated; Stefanov was sentenced to life imprisonment in close imprisonment, deprived of all rights, fined 1 million livars, and all property confiscated; Pavlov was sentenced to life imprisonment in close imprisonment, deprived of all rights, fined 1 million livars, and all property confiscated. The court found the defendants Nashev, Kristov, Jonchev, Gerefenov and Tutev guilty of having participated in an illegal organization organized and directed by Kostov, Stefanov and Pavlov aimed at overthrowing the legally established people's power of the Republic; and having carried out activities aimed at deteriorating our friendly relations with the Soviet Union and the People's Democratic States; He has spread inaccurate rumors in an attempt to arouse distrust of the people's government and its agencies and spread uneasiness among the masses. The court also found the defendants guilty of collecting information related to state secrets and submitting it to foreign intelligence agencies. While serving the country and performing its foreign-related missions, Kristof and Tutev deliberately took the opportunity to endanger the country. The court also found the defendants Nashev, Junchev, Gerefenov and Tutev guilty of engaging in activities aimed at destroying the national economy with the intention of arousing public dissatisfaction and obstructing the implementation of government measures. Based on the above-mentioned crimes committed by the defendant, the court ruled that Nakhev would be sentenced to life imprisonment with strict imprisonment, deprived of all rights, fined 1 million livares, and confiscated all property; Kristov was sentenced to 15 years of rigorous imprisonment, 20 years of deprivation of rights, a fine of 500,000 livares, and all property confiscated; Jonchev was sentenced to 15 years of rigorous imprisonment, 20 years of deprivation of rights, a fine of 500,000 livares, and all property confiscated; Jeffrenov was sentenced to life imprisonment in rigorous imprisonment, deprived of all rights, a fine of 1 million livares, and all property confiscated; Tutev was sentenced to life imprisonment in strict imprisonment, deprived of all rights, fined 1 million livars, and confiscated all property. The court found Haddy-Pantsov and Ivanovsky guilty of organizing and leading illegal groups aimed at using force to separate Birin from the People's Republic of Bulgaria in an attempt to weaken state power; and spreading defamatory inaccuracies in an attempt to arouse distrust of the people's government and its organs and spread unrest among the masses. The court also found the two defendants guilty of collecting information related to state secrets and passing it to the Yugoslav secret service, and conducting espionage for other countries. Based on the above-mentioned crimes committed by the defendant, the court sentenced: Hady-Pantsov to 15 years of rigorous imprisonment, 20 years of deprivation of rights, a fine of 300,000 livars, and all property confiscated; Ivanovsky to 12 years of rigorous imprisonment, 15 years of deprivation of rights, a fine of 200,000 livars, and all property confiscated. The court found Boyarcharyev guilty of having participated in an illegal group aimed at using force to separate Birin from the People's Republic of Bulgaria, and spreading defamatory rumors in an attempt to arouse distrust of the people's government and its agencies and spread uneasiness among the masses; He also collected intelligence related to state secrets and handed it to the Yugoslav secret service. Based on the above-mentioned crimes committed by the defendant, the court ruled that Boyarcharyev was sentenced to 8 years of rigorous imprisonment, 10 years of deprivation of rights, a fine of 100,000 livares, and half of his property confiscated. All defendants 'previous imprisonment will be counted towards the term of imprisonment. This judgment is final and cannot be appealed.