
Bulgarian-Russian relations are really at a low point. However, this is not so much due to internal dynamics as to the international context in which the two countries find themselves
Kamran Baradaran
Since the inauguration of US President Joe Biden, a number of countries in Central and Eastern Europe have clashed sharply with Russia. One of them is Bulgaria, whose prosecutor’s office has launched an investigation into Russia’s alleged connection to bombings involving weapons industry years ago. Several Bulgarians were accused of spying for a network allegedly linked to Russia. Russian diplomats were also expelled.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov commented on this occasion that Bulgaria tried to ”outdo” the Czech Republic in its anti-Russian line.
In this context, the Iranian Workers’ News Agency contacted the founder of the Persian Bridge of Friendship blog to obtain an opinion on Bulgarian-Russian and European-Russian relations. The interview was published on May 8, 2021.
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