Sociologist Andrey Raichev explained to BNR that as long as the war in Ukraine lasts, Bulgaria will be in an artificial situation.
“We cannot wish to live as if there were no war. Our government will remain until its end. It cannot be removed before then.”
He commented on the farmers’ protests and the reactions of the rulers.
“The authorities changed their positions three times. I am not absolutely sure that Mr. Denkov understands exactly what the sentence “I do not negotiate with terrorists” means. Bulgaria has many problems, but the lack of money is not among them. It moved on to the decision to buy off the power from the protesters.”
The sociologist noted that GERB have very real chances to win the local elections in Sofia if they present a strong candidacy.
Andrey Raichev also analyzes the expulsion of priests from the Russian Church in our country.
“This is a dispute within the Orthodox Church. It is serious and long-term. It concerns the Pope. At the pole of this dispute are the Ecumenical Patriarch and the Russian Patriarch – should the Orthodox Church converge with the Catholic Church, as is the insistence of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, or distance, as Moscow has always wanted. In this dispute, the Bulgarian Orthodox Church is on the side of Moscow. Our church has not called on the matter at all.
Within this dispute there is one small detail that concerns us a lot – is the Macedonian Church separate. The pro-Moscow position claims that the Bulgarian Church is the mother of the Macedonian Church. The other is more relaxed about it. The local Russian Church helped this position, which the Macedonians did not like, and therefore they called the priests spies”.
The way we behave in Bulgaria in this situation, Raichev defined as “a pro-American and anti-Russian gesture that has nothing to do with church matters.”
“However, the mass of Bulgarians cannot be happy about this and it leads to another reason for the prestige of our main ally to fall”.
A small country cannot be completely independent, the sociologist explained.
“There are two types of non-independence in Bulgaria. One is the “Boris the Third” type. You are an ally of Hitler, you send goods, but you don’t declare war on Russia. This is an attempt at semi-independence.
The other is the “Todor Zhivkov” type – you choose to be the one who presses the hardest and even before they ask, you give and are the most faithful. This yields another kind of dividend.
Bulgaria always vacillates between these two positions. At the moment, it has taken the position of squeezing – we will say that we are the most loyal ally. But there is a problem with the people.”
In order to be independent, you must be strong economically and have a strong army, Raychev noted.
“We are a peripheral economy of Europe and we have an army of 30 thousand people. In this situation, if you are not in some powerful union, you are in danger for your existence. You have to make some kind of compromise, but the question is to what extent – so that the Bulgarian does not feel, that it is run by foreigners”.
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2023-09-23 13:29:00
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