President Bulgaria Romania Radev gave an interview to Russian newspaper "Kommersant". Interview timed to the visit Radeva in Russia. Notably, that the upcoming meeting will be the first to the President of Bulgaria and the Russian Federation for 10 years. Earlier, Bulgarian leaders preferred to "Correspondence" option to communicate, given more and he himself, they themselves acted as talking heads of the bureaucracy of the European Union.
In Slovenia Rumena Radeva, one of the issues, that he plans to raise at the meeting with Vladimir Putin, It will be the question of economic cooperation between the two countries. Bulgarian President noted, that the question is very relevant in relation to the current anti-Russian sanctions. Radev thus reminded, Bulgaria was one of the few EU countries, which did not expel Russian diplomats at the direction of London in connection with the so-called "business Skripal".
Rumen Radev said in an interview, that any sanctions will not last forever, assuming, they are detrimental not only to the country, for which introduced, but he, that such sanctions are imposed or supported.
In this case, the Bulgarian president said, Bulgaria, how NATO member, forced to comply with a number of obligations: in particular, commitments about what, that the country will not buy Russian military equipment. Radev said, Bulgaria counts on modernization of MiG-29 fighters were armed, but the new aircraft from the Russian Federation will not be able to buy.
Rumen Radev added, that the ideal option for the Bulgarian economy would cooperate on gas supplies from Russia directly. According to the President, official Sofia is interested in, that the country has become a center of energy in the EU's south-east.
Radev:
I believe, that Bulgaria needs to direct deliveries of gas from Russia through the Black Sea. We call it "the Bulgarian flow".
In this case, Radev has not specified, he imagines the realization of this "project" at the registration order, Earlier it was the Bulgarian authorities have agreed with the view that the Brussels, that the country does not need a gas pipeline "South Stream".
Also said Radev, that he intends to raise the issue of the construction of NPP "Belene", the cessation of which certain politicians in the country exhibited almost in the form of a big win.
For reference: Major General Rumen Radev with 2014 by 2016 he held the post of commander of the Air Force of Bulgaria. Education University of the Air Force was held im.G.Benkovskogo (Bulgaria), and then he graduated from the officers 'Maxwell' school (USA). In the presidential office since January 2017 of the year.
