On Sunday, voters in Bulgaria went to the polls for the fourth time in less than two years as the poorest member of the EU battled to end the cycle of political gridlock and threatened to sever ties with Moscow.
According to Bloomberg News Agency on Sunday, a government sworn to tackle corruption under former prime minister Kirill Petkov only lasted seven months before it was overthrown in June.
Boyko Borissov, his primary challenger and a conservative who has dominated Bulgarian politics for more than ten years, has scored better in surveys, although it is likely that neither candidate will be able to secure a majority.
A power vacuum might make it more difficult for Bulgaria to combat record inflation.
Before the invasion, Bulgaria relied nearly exclusively on the Kremlin for its energy imports, therefore the country’s isolation from the nation that shares its history and traditions with it has sent Bulgaria into its worst crisis in decades.
Voters in Bulgaria go to the polls for the fourth time in less than two years.
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