Bulgaria torn between old friends and new partners over Crimea


  • World
  • Thursday, 10 Apr 2014

Bulgarian honour guard soldiers attend a flag-raising ceremony as part of celebrations of the 10th anniversary of Bulgaria joining NATO, in front of the Presidency in Sofia April 4, 2014. REUTERS/Pierre Marsaut

SOFIA (Reuters) - Georgi Kadiev is, like many of his fellow Bulgarians, caught between Russia and the West.

A member of parliament with the ruling Socialist party, his government has gone along with sanctions on Moscow over its annexation of Crimea, but at the same time he feels the cultural and historical pull of Bulgaria's long association with Russia.

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