Jamestown Senior Fellow Margarita Assenova interviewed by Voice of America on recent parliamentary elections in Bulgaria

On April 4, Jamestown Foundation Senior Fellow Margarita Assenova was interviewed by Voice of America on the implications of Bulgaria’s recent parliamentary elections on the country’s support for Ukraine.

The Ukrainian version of the article can be found here.


“The biggest setback was the rise of the Russophile Party to third place, gaining 5 percentage points more than last year. This will boost Moscow’s influence in Bulgaria and potentially increase calls for a peace settlement in Russia’s war against Ukraine, favoring the Kremlin-desired partition of Ukraine.”