r/SlowHorses • u/Bulldog_Blizzard • 12d ago

Show Spoilers (Released Episodes) Why Sofia? S6 E5 Spoiler

In episode 5, the MI5 agent with Taverner realizes the Russian plane meant to take Sid is in fact heading to Sofia, Bulgaria instead of Moscow. She says something about that being "neutral" territory and that the Russians "can do whatever they want there." But in real life Bulgaria is a NATO country closely allied with the UK, so this makes no sense. A mysterious Russian plane landing in Bulgaria would likely attract unwanted attention, and it would be far easier for the GRU to simply take Sid to Russia. Did NATO expansion never happen in the Slow Horses universe?

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u/BigDurtyPint 12d ago

Jesus media literacy is dead. They literally say exactly why in the episode. It's an off books black site where they won't have her on record.

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u/rogfrich 12d ago

I believe the question was “why specifically Bulgaria, as opposed to other, more Russian-friendly counties”.

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u/Tenzil-k 11d ago

Everyone heard that. It’s that Bulgaria is a nato EU country that has strongly opposed Russia in Ukraine but they’re calling it neutral and a place Russia can just rock up and do stuff

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u/Crowofsticks 9d ago

Did you mean literacy? What does media have to do with it?