Outgoing Bulgaria’s President Rumen Radev (C) meets with supporters as he leaves the Bulgarian Presidency parade entrance after attending the handover ceremony with the brand new president and present vice chairman, in Sofia on Jan. 23, 2026. (Doychinov / AFP by way of Getty Photographs)
A brand new Russian-friendly chief could quickly emerge within the EU and NATO — this time, within the Balkans.
Per week after Kremlin ally Viktor Orban lost his reelection campaign in Hungary, Bulgaria‘s former President Rumen Radev is poised to win the April 19 snap parliamentary election.
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