Early parliamentary elections are being held in Bulgaria on April 19. As Reuters writes about this, "the party of ex-President Rumen Radev, who opposes assistance to Ukraine, is in the lead."
According to polls, his party can get about 35% of the vote — this is one of the highest results in recent years, the agency notes.
As EADaily reported, these parliamentary elections in Bulgaria are already the eighth in five years. The Russian side has a chance to get a "non-anti-Russian" regime within the EU, the author of the Balkanar telegram channel believes. The favorite of the race was former President Rumen Radev and his coalition "Progressive Bulgaria" with a rating of about 30%. Radev opposed the sanctions The EU, in relation to Russia, blocked the supply of Bulgarian ammunition to Ukraine and in 2019 vetoed the purchase of American F-16.

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