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MEPs are concerned about Russian interference in the Bulgarian elections on June 9

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MEPs are concerned about Russian interference in the upcoming elections on June 9, and the properties on the territory of Bulgaria currently owned by Russian authorities, reads a draft resolution of the European People's Party on new allegations of Russian interference in the upcoming EU elections and their impact on the Union. The resolution will be voted on in the plenary session in Strasbourg on April 25. 

''The European Parliament expresses its concern about credible reports of increased Russian attempts to interfere in the upcoming elections for the Bulgarian national parliament on 9 June 2024; raises strong concerns about the existence and Russian control of a network of disinformation agents active on social media platforms, in traditional media, academia, NGOs, and political parties; is strongly concerned about the numerous properties on the territory of Bulgaria currently owned by Russian authorities, some of them of strategic importance, and which serve as centres of Russian influence and leverage over the democratic processes in the country’’, the resolution reads.




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