Bulgaria’s “New Orbán”? Ivelin Mihailov on Elections, Ukraine, and War Profits

Donate: 🙏 https://www.buymeacoffee.com/slobodnipoI In this highlight, Ivelin Mihailov explains why he believes his party, Velichie, failed to enter the council despite its work against what he calls Bulgaria’s oligarchic-mafia model. He argues that many voters turned to Rumen Radev not because of election fraud, but because they saw him as a possible “savior” with enough power and resources to change the system. Mihailov rejects the media label that Radev is simply a “new Orbán” or a pro-Russian politician. In his view, Bulgarian politics is not driven by ideology — but by money. He also makes a sharp claim about the war in Ukraine: Bulgarian politicians, he says, profit from weapons, oil, intermediaries, and wartime supply chains while publicly performing ideological theatre for voters. Full episode: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJTy3oXCzHShsVuJ-zfiGnx96nuR-BNWB WEB: https://slobodnipodcast.hr/2026/04/26/bugarska-nakon-izbora-novi-smjer-ili-samo-nova-predstava-iste-oligarhije/