Acc to various polls,around 30%ofBulgarian citizens currently sympathise with Russia,whereas Putin’s approval rating surpassed60%before the war.The war inUkraine has severely polarised public opinion in the country, which is particularly vulnerable toRussian disinformation campaigns on social medi
“The current national holiday, on 3 March, celebrates the signing of the San Stefano Peace Treaty〜As many Bulgarians see this national holiday as a symbol of Russian interests in Bulgaria, the coalition proposes that the Day of Slavic Script (May 24), which celebrates the Slavic alphabet invente
“The bill passed by the Parliament rules that the control of the port will return to the Bulgarian state, and Lukoil will pay fees for using it. Lukoil-Bulgaria's concession was extended without reason for another 24 years last October by the caretaker government appointed by Radev.”
9/15 A survey〜summer of 2021 showed that 55% of Slovaks had a favourable opinion of Putin. Bulgarians (75%). In Feb 2022, 44% of people blamed NATO& the US for the tension on the Ukrainian borders, while only 33% blamedRussia. Regarding NATO membership, only45%supported it in the survey from2021.
In Bulgaria, however, the price of Russian raw materials remained close to that of international markets. The intermediary company in the oil trade for Bulgaria is the Swiss-registered company “Litasco”, which is a majority shareholder in “Lukoil Neftohim Bulgaria.”
8/2 @KirilPetkov last move before leaving the PM office: refer the Balkan Stream (TurkStream 2) pipeline to Bulgaria's National Security Agency (DANS). Multiple irregularities concerning the project Sofia built for Gazprom.
7/12 Mihajlovic said that NIS has been looking to buy crude oil from available producers now that the Ru oil has been put under sanctions, and that it is going to order crude from Iraq /Serbia had not discussed an ownership change in its sole oil company NIS, in which Ru majors Gazprom Neft & Gazpro
In 1934, Ivan Hadzhi-Nikolov passed away in Sofia. Originally from Kukush/Kilkis, he hosted the founding of VMRO in his bookshop in Salonika. Hadzhi-Nikolov escaped to Sofia in 1913, as pretty much all Macedo-Bulgarians from Salonika, and was a book publisher./
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