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At the beginning of the year, with an official note from Russia to Bulgaria, the monument to the Soviet army in the capital was requested, as well as the land under it to be transferred free of charge to the Russian state. PHOTO: Velislav Nikolov
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A new scandal erupted around the monument to the Soviet Army in downtown Sofia. At the beginning of the year, with an official note from Russia to Bulgaria, it was requested that the monument to the Soviet army in the capital, as well as the land under it, be transferred free of charge to the Russian state, Faktor.bg writes. Russia is ready to take over the repair and management of the memorial. This is clear from official correspondence from the beginning of April between the regional governor of Sofia Nikolay Pehlivanov to various institutions in the country related to the topic. At that time, Eleanor Mitrofanova was already the Kremlin’s ambassador to Bulgaria.
In conclusion of his letter, Pehlivanov, who was appointed to the important post as a representative of the Putinist party “Attack”, expressed his opinion on the issue that this is “… in the interest of the Bulgarian state and its adoption does not constitute any political act, and an act of reasonable state decision. “
The revelation of this secret correspondence came after the mayor of Sredets district last week Traicho Traikov announced that the current regional governor, appointed by the caretaker government of Rumen Radev, has requested from the Council of Ministers the allocation of BGN 390,000 for the repair of the disputed monument.
Former MPs Martin Dimitrov and Petar Slavov have requested the entire scandalous file on the fate of the monument under the Access to Information Act. Among them is the document from which it is clear that the Russian state wanted to become the owner of the monument free of charge.
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