Diplomacy & Power April 20, 2026 303 stories in this edition

Bulgaria’s pro-Kremlin ex-president wins election, Russia and EU welcome victory

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Bulgaria’s pro-Kremlin ex-president wins election, Russia and EU welcome victory

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Pro-Russian former President Rumen Radev has won Bulgaria’s parliamentary election by a landslide, official results showed on Monday, crushing long-dominant political forces and possibly pushing the EU and Nato member state closer to Moscow. The performance, exceeding opinion poll forecasts, is one of the strongest results for a single party in a generation and may end, for now, the chronic instability that led to ei...

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Pro-Russian former President Rumen Radev has won Bulgaria’s parliamentary election by a landslide, official results showed on Monday, crushing long-dominant political forces and possibly pushing the EU and Nato member st...

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