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Radev Wins Bulgaria Elections, Can He Challenge EU Control?

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🗓️ 21 April 2026

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Radev Wins Bulgaria Elections, Can He Challenge EU Control?

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0:00.0

All right, Alexander, let's talk about the elections in Bulgaria, which saw Radov win

0:07.6

a landslide victory.

0:10.2

He will not need a coalition to govern.

0:15.4

He won a majority in the elections.

0:18.3

He's often described by the EU globalists as being pro-Russian,

0:24.6

but I have not seen any indications that he's particularly pro-Russian. I see Radev as being

0:32.9

very rational and pragmatic in that he understands that Bulgaria just cannot shuffle money into

0:40.5

project Ukraine, just keep on giving money away to Zelensky and not have that money be accounted

0:47.2

for. And he also understands that there's going to be a very, very big catastrophic energy crisis that is going to hit Europe

0:57.2

and is going to hit Europe very soon.

0:59.6

And he is calling for dialogue between Europe and Russia, Bulgaria and Russia, because he

1:06.9

understands that when it comes to energy, Russia is going to be the only game in town,

1:12.3

given everything that is happening in the Middle East.

1:16.2

So we have a majority government now,

1:19.7

or a majority government that will take power soon in Bulgaria.

1:24.1

We have a leader who was acting as president. Now he's going to be acting as prime

1:31.3

minister, a fighter pilot, and someone who could push to restore relations with Russia, or at least

1:43.5

to better relations with Russia between Bulgaria. So what are your thoughts with Russia, or at least to better relations with Russia between Bulgaria.

1:47.0

So what are your thoughts with Radiv and these elections in Bulgaria?

1:51.0

Well, the first thing I should say is that Bulgaria happens to be a country I know quite well.

1:55.7

I've been there. I've got family connections there. So it's a place that I'm familiar with. Now, Radif won big,

2:05.5

very big. I mean, this is unusual the scale of his victory. And I have to say this, I could see it

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