Ex-Bulgarian President has accused Russia of funding local parties
Rosen Plevneliev also noted that there are sufficient grounds to believe that the Bulgarian parties are financed by Turkey.
SOFIA, March 19. /Offset. TASS Igor Lenkin/. Former Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev claims that Russia is financing political parties and interfere in the internal Affairs of Bulgaria.
“There are reasonable grounds to believe that the Bulgarian parties are financed by Turkey, but there are a lot of them (parties), financed by Russia. At that time, as we are talking about the fact that Turkey is interfering in our internal Affairs, let’s not forget that other States do it,” said Plevneliev in an interview for the TV channel BTV.
“It is not only about Turkey, there is the question about Russia, I would be happy if Bulgarian President (rumen Radev) would indicate this. For me it is more than clear that Russia is trying in any way to destabilize and divide the European Union”, — he said.
The former head of state commented on the initiative Radeva to invite to the celebration of the 140th anniversary of the Liberation of Bulgaria in Russian-Turkish war of 1877 — 1878 Russian President Vladimir Putin. “Every visit of the Russian President is problematic and Bulgaria needs to assess its pros and cons to carefully consider how and on what terms to invite him,” he said. Plevneliev advised Radio to reconsider its stance against anti-Russian sanctions and the annexation of Crimea to Russia.