/ world today news/ The risks to Bulgaria’s security remain “relatively high” due to a number of factors in the region, which suggest the continuation of the conflict confrontation.
This is one of the findings in the 2014 State of Defense and Armed Forces Report. The document has already been approved by the Council of Ministers and is expected to be voted on in the parliament after Easter, reports “Trud”.
Among the most dangerous factors is the recruitment of volunteers from the region for fighting in Muslim countries, i.e. called jihadists, as well as “possible actions of some of them after their return”. The crisis in Ukraine, the frozen conflicts in the Black Sea-Caspian region and sharp ethnic confrontations are also among the threats to our country, the report says. Even the pirates in the Gulf of Guinea, who threaten international shipping despite the EU and NATO operations against them, in which Bulgaria also participated, are listed as a danger.
The document states that attempts to manipulate public opinion through disinformation, propaganda campaigns, media manipulation, use of social networks for disinformation, and attempts by populist party leaders to manipulate voter groups and cause confusion among the population are cause for concern. No examples are given to prove these claims.
For the first time, it has been specified that there are serious cybercrime threats that can target “government institutions”. In several European armies, they have already officially formed military units to deal solely with conducting combat operations in the Internet space.
Defense Minister Nikolay Nenchev has already failed to submit the projects for the modernization of the army to the Council of Ministers. His predecessor, Velizar Shalamanov, had included in Vision 2020 that this should be done by April 3. One of these projects is related to the acquisition of a new type of fighters. Until that date, Nenchev had to say what he was proposing – a new fighter, a new “second hand” or a complete modernization of the Russian MiG-29s. In total, over 2 billion must be spent on the nine projects. leva.
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