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Bulgaria Key Battleground in US-Russia Energy War


As the U.S. wages a high-profile campaign against Russia over Ukraine, it is also battling Kremlin-dominance on another front – energy in Eastern Europe.

NATO member Bulgaria, which relies on Russia for 85 percent of its natural gas and all its nuclear fuel, is on the frontline of this confrontation.

“For Russia, energy has always been a means for the Kremlin to extend its geo-political priorities and the financial interests of certain people involved,” said former Bulgarian energy minister Traicho Traikov.

“Economic benefits come last. Enough people in Bulgaria owe favors to Russia so [this policy] is successful,” he said.

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Source: Voice of America

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