How Oligarchs Pull the Strings in Bulgaria — Mihailov’s Explosive Claim

Donate: 🙏 https://www.buymeacoffee.com/slobodnipoI In this highlight, Ivelin Mihailov lays out his view of how power works in Bulgaria: oligarchs give orders, politicians execute them — and sometimes politicians try to become oligarchs themselves. He discusses the collapse of Corporate Commercial Bank, the attack on billionaire Vasil Bozhkov, and the role he attributes to powerful figures such as Ivo Prokopiev. Mihailov argues that different political camps may appear opposed in public, but are often connected to the same money networks behind the scenes. He also warns that key infrastructure — highways, railways, and public assets — could be privatized and handed to oligarchic interests, while ordinary people pay the bill. His broader point is brutal: foreign policy, inflation, and “crisis politics” can become theatre while the real extraction happens quietly. 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/