“We are next on the Kremlin’s list” – with this title derived from the words of the resigned prime minister Kiril PetkovKirill Petkov Petkov was born in 1980. He is one of the founders of the Center for Economicthe British newspaper “Times” tells about the political situation in Bulgaria.
To British journalist Tom Kington, Petkov stated: “We have curbed corruption locally, but we have discovered that we have a bigger enemy: Russian infiltration. We failed to understand that corruption and Russian influence are the same thing. Corruption is Moscow’s best foreign policy tool in the Balkans.”
The resigned prime minister also spoke about the problems with gas supplies, the expulsion of Russian diplomats, the “Captain Andreevo” case, the veto for North Macedonia and the fate of the chief prosecutor, notes BTV.
