Bulgaria and the Ukrainian crisis: National interests and political institutions
Journal: Socioloski pregled
Year: 2021

The Ukrainian crisis is an arena of geopolitical conflict in which the interests of Russia, NATO and the EU intertwine. It is in this context that the behaviour of Bulgarian political institutions has to be analyzed. In the first section, I explore the reactions and positions of the Bulgarian governments, the main political parties and the presidential institution towards the Ukrainian crisis. In the second part, I highlight the tools used by Russia in order to influence Bulgarian political inst