Bulgaria’s pro-Russian former president takes robust lead

Bulgaria’s ex-president Rumen Radev is on the right track to win a parliamentary election, in line with exit polls,  however might fall in need of a governing majority. His Progressive Bulgaria coalition leads with, in a vote marked by low turnout and deep political instability, the nation’s eighth election in 5 years. Radev warns one other vote can be “a catastrophe,” as Bulgaria grapples with corruption, fragmentation, and its EU-Russia balancing act. Jean-Emile Jammine speaks with Renne Traicova, Managing board on the Balkan Free Media Initiative.