Putin shoots himself in foot after cutting gas to Bulgaria: ‘There was support there’

He said: “We supported all the sanctions.

“We’ve become a very, very predictable and strong supporter (of NATO and EU moves).”

He added: “Bulgaria is not anymore a soft country that has only balancing acts.”

Sofia has also said that it supports sanctioning Russia’s energy sector, but has asked to be exempted from an EU package.

Mr Petkov told Reuters: “Bulgaria would support all kinds of measures, because we are really against the war, but these two (oil and gas), maybe we would ask for an exception.

“We do not have current alternatives right now, we are too dependent.”

Article source: https://www.express.co.uk/news/science/1601866/putin-news-bulgaria-gas-russia-yamal-pipeline