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MRF proposes measures against dangerous Russian investments in Bulgaria

Stanislav Anastasov, MRF
Photo: BGNES

The Movement for Rights and Freedoms party (MRF) offers a mechanism to protect national and European security from risky foreign investments with an emphasis on Russian capital. This was announced in the Bulgarian parliament by the deputy chairman of the party, Stanislav Anastasov, who proposed amendments to the Investment Promotion Act. They provide for the establishment of an Interdepartmental Council to the Minister of Innovation, on the case.

"The project is particularly important because the trends to increase the global scale of malicious investments, mainly Russian, with corrosive capitals, especially in the context of the unprovoked Russian aggression in Ukraine. I'll give you an example - a operating Russian company is trying to acquire directly in Bulgaria or to make an enterprise in the field of defence," said Atanasov.



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