Early parliamentary elections on October 2 will show whether a pro-Putin revenge is possible in Bulgaria.
The cabinet of the pro-Western Prime Minister of Bulgaria Kyril Petkov lasted only seven and a half months in power,the leader of the “Continuing Changes” party. The coalition he hastily created was destroyed by the populist platform “There is such a people”, Radio Liberty reports.
The short reign of Petkov and his associates demonstrated their solidarity with the position of the European Union in international politics, including the war in Ukraine, as well as intolerance to corruption.
However, the People's Assembly of Bulgaria announced a vote of no confidence in Petkov's government, which was followed by the resignation of the prime minister and his cabinet. One of the reasons was Bulgaria's refusal to pay for Russian gas in rubles and, as a result, the cessation of its supply.
The technical government appointed by President Rumen Radev revived the supply of Russian energy carriers with payment in rubles.
The new Prime Minister Gilib Donev made a gloomy statement about the “chaos and destruction prevailing in the energy sector”. According to him, there is only one way out of the energy crisis in Bulgaria – the renewal of negotiations with “Gazprom” in order to “minimize the damage caused by the previous government”.
At the same time, Petkov's agreements in Washington on the supply of liquefied gas from the USA were declared dubious and insufficient. In addition, the technical cabinet is trying to postpone the commissioning of the gas interconnector with Greece under the pretext of certification difficulties. This node was supposed to become an important element of the new infrastructure that weakens Bulgaria's energy dependence on Russia.
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Injection the atmosphere around the gas sector seems so ill-founded that it caused anti-government demonstrations three days after the new cabinet began work.
Another stated area of priority attention of the technical government is the alleged plight of the Bulgarian army. The foreign policy background is clearly visible here: such an argument should seem like a legitimate reason for Sofia's non-participation in helping Kyiv.
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Early parliamentary elections on October 2 will show whether a pro-Putin revenge is possible in Bulgaria.
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