Exit polls put Rumen Radev's new, left-leaning, pro-Russian party far ahead following Bulgaria's eighth election in five years. Radev, a former fighter pilot, stepped down as Bulgaria's president in January.

Exit polls put Rumen Radev’s new, left-leaning, pro-Russian party far ahead following Bulgaria’s eighth

Bulgaria, the EU’s poorest member, has been gripped by a political crisis since 2021, when the conservative government of Boyko Borissov was toppled, also amid anti-corruption rallies.

The Sunday vote marks the eighth election in five years. Many hope that the outcome will put an end to the political impasse that has long dogged the country.

  • antisoumerde@quokk.auEnglish
    115·
    4 hours ago

    You don’t know shit. Bulgarians were on the street to get rid of the (pro-yurop) GERB cronies when radev spoke out against their corruption. Europeans calling putin corrupted is akin to the infamous pot and kettle situation.