cross-posted from: https://masto.bg/users/mapto/statuses/113515523629553233
Ukraine awards Magnitsky-sanctioned Delyan Peevski from Bulgaria
In an extraordinary constellation of interests, the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, Ruslan Stefanchuk awarded Bulgaria’s most prominent post-Soviet oligarch for unspecified support
Peevski’s affiliations with the Putin regime are so notorious, that he has been sanctioned in several Western countries by a legislation named after the victim of Russia’s oligarchy Sergei Magnitsky.
Context that seems to say this guy was sanctioned for white-collar crimes and corruption, but has pivoted to supporting Ukraine for a while now. Presumably to make amends and get the sanctions removed.
News came out that he personally called to stop the construction of a gunpowder facility. We all know that this is a critical resource in the war. https://www.svobodnaevropa.bg/a/33266401.html Now you see how much the presumption is off and how infuriating all this is.
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He declares things like this for ages, yet he informally controls the chief prosecutor’s office (and with this practically the entire legal system) in the country and as a consequence nobody moves a finger. This is not something that any politician on the continent doesn’t know. It is a deliberate and well-informed act. https://www.politico.eu/article/bulgaria-how-it-became-mafia-state-of-eu/ Watch this space, but so far no actual signs.
