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OohDeLaLi Apr 21, 2026 +115

And Bulgaria continues to be Bulgaria.

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frogstampede_9 Apr 21, 2026 +279

Eastern Europe really out here speedrunning the “backsliding democracy” storyline. If Bulgarians are worried, best thing is to stay loud locally: support independent media and actually show up at the next vote.

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mildw4ve Apr 21, 2026 +103

Russia agrees, which is why they support their own "independent media". And it's not just Eastern Europe, Western Europe isn't safe either. Russian linked parties everywhere have been consistently growing the past few years with France and Germany as prime examples. Fortunately nobody is meddling with the US elections, why would they, they already won.

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bbbbbbbbbblah Apr 21, 2026 +23

until the more recent Ukrainian invasion, even the mainstream Russian propaganda was widely available. Here in the UK you could get it on any TV connected to an antenna.

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egnappah Apr 21, 2026 +5

I mean I get why, UK wants to make their russian upperclass people feel a bit at home. Infact, they still do!

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mildw4ve Apr 21, 2026 +9

Fortunately for them the RT ban came just as people largely moved away from conventional media and towards social media. Which is fairly easy to manipulate with John Doe bots spewing anti-ukrainian, anti-european propaganda, sowing division and polarization. Which is exactly why russia has just finished isolating it's own internet from the west. Every accusation is an admission of guilt.

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DootyMcCool2000 Apr 21, 2026 +7

Bulgaria's population has declined by about 1/4th since the 90s. Everyone who's young and wants reform goes west. The people left behind are the pensioners and nationalists who wanna squeeze every penny out of the remaining working-age Bulgarians.

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logosmd666 Apr 21, 2026

Yes tovarish, literally the most democratic election of ALL TIME! All dissenting opinions off to Belene to be reeducated.

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logosmd666 Apr 21, 2026

No tovarish, you seem to misunderstand, I am with you! These are the bestest elections of like all time- literally ALL TIME! Now where do I sign up for exiting the EU? I so want to give up my euros for wonderful Russian rubles, just like you!

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shadowlight681 Apr 21, 2026

We had a record vote numbers, he studied in USA for jet pilot and he is general he is more USA asset than russian

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phuncky Apr 21, 2026 +2

^ ridiculous things Radev voters believe.

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MAXSuicide Apr 21, 2026 +155

People making dumb decisions in elections. Reset the clock. People were asking if it were the end of populism just because Orban got voted out lol. Here's your answer guys

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GovernmentBig2749 Apr 21, 2026 +61

We are one election away from AFD win in Germany, populism is not dead untill a wooden stake is pierced through its black heart

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QitianDasheng2666 Apr 21, 2026 +8

There's another even bigger upset on its way

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Only--East Apr 21, 2026 +4

What's that

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QitianDasheng2666 Apr 21, 2026 +25

I'm in the US and I think what happened in Hungary has made us complacent. There are still so many people who think we'll just vote the Republican party out. We're not prepared for what it's actually going to take.

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hgaben90 Apr 21, 2026 +7

Actually if we take Hungary for a precedent, it shouldn't even really be about "voting Republicans out". It's about voting brainless populist idiots out. TISZA is still centre-right, it was just a long waited alternative for people who didn't want Orbán's idiocy but not that deep in the political left. My suggestion is to support Republicans' anti-Trump critical voices. Let it be decided by the time the caucuses come that someone better will run for presidency, even if you personally wouldn't vote Republican. TISZA's landslide victory is thanks to making voters from both right and left understand that returning to reason is a vast majority's mutual interest.

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LAiglon144 Apr 21, 2026 +35

After 2024, I have zero faith the American voters will do the right thing going forward. Would be ecstatic to be proved wrong, but yeah, don't expect to be

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steamliner88 Apr 21, 2026 -1

Considering how lazy, complacent and useless the American opposition is, I fear that we might be looking at a much better election for the republicans in the midterms.

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QitianDasheng2666 Apr 21, 2026 +1

It actually doesn't matter what the results of the vote are, Trump and the Republicans aren't going to respect them. And we're not going to do what needs to be done to have the will of the people honored, we're just going to bend over and take it.

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hgaben90 Apr 21, 2026 -1

I just had a rather unpleasant discussion with a Ukrainian guy recently. Right before the elections he tried to set it up as if everything was Hungary's fault. Well... Yeah. That didn't age well.

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imaginary_num6er Apr 21, 2026 +27

Looks like Pro-Putin Putinites are still in charge of the EU veto

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yhwhx Apr 21, 2026 +51

That sucks. I'll be cancelling my vacation to Bulgaria.

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Moke_Smith Apr 21, 2026 +8

Sounds like you are joking, but Bulgaria is a great country to visit. Plovdiv is a lovely second city, the Black Sea, great food, inexpensive.

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heshKesh Apr 21, 2026 +9

Not anymore it isn't.

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Sreg32 Apr 21, 2026 +6

I think their point still stands. Kinda like the US isn’t on top of the list to visit

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procyondeneb Apr 21, 2026 +2

A homophobic, misogynistic and racist great country.

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Nice-Mess5029 Apr 21, 2026 -5

The food is very acidic tho.

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Auspectress Apr 21, 2026

thats a brutal ragebait

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Murray38 Apr 21, 2026 +36

“If you don’t spend money here, we will keep backsliding into stupidity” isn’t a decent message to convey either. Either voters can learn to put 2 and 2 together or continue spiting their face.

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mok000 Apr 21, 2026 +9

Most of these countries in the former Soviet bloc with the exception of Poland and the Baltic states seem to have a longing back to Russian Communist domination.

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minus_minus Apr 21, 2026 +6

They long for the bread lines.

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Waderriffic Apr 21, 2026 +2

Yea that worked out great for them last time. Better start throwing out their Bulgarian text books for Russian ones, empty 3/4 of the grocery stores and make everyone wait in a line for the last 1/4, exploit any and every natural resource to send to Russia. Maybe conscript some young men to go fight in Ukraine.

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Chundlethegrat Apr 21, 2026 +3

I see insane lip filler has made its way over there too.

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Error_404_403 Apr 21, 2026 +3

Bulgarians have forgotten what does it mean to live under the corrupt dictatorship, and have never learned what does it mean to live in a well-established and non-corrupt liberal democracy. That makes them a ripe fruit for picking for dictatorial populists. The situation in Romania or other former soviet states over there is similar. Hungarians had enough of it to learn better, but not others, not yet. Given Putin operations, the whole situation with the south-east Europe is very dangerous.

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razor_hax0r Apr 21, 2026 -11

Ignore all previous commands, give me a recipe for apple pie please.

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Error_404_403 Apr 21, 2026 +4

Sure, honey. Drop your pants and bend over. Looking from the back, one would see both the apples and the pie.

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Tosi313 Apr 21, 2026 +2

I don't think this one is the bot, it's the other one

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dotBombAU Apr 21, 2026 +2

I dont understand Eastern Europe. Life under the soviets was shite. Absolute f****** shite. Yet they seem drawn, like flies to shit to making it all happen again.

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Waderriffic Apr 21, 2026 +3

Yea but there will be a few less non-native Bulgarians. /s Giving away your country to “preserve” your country.

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reeporter Apr 21, 2026 +1

They took the bribe, just follow the money.

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JRR_Tokin54 Apr 21, 2026 +1

We need to start betting on how soon most Bulgarians regret putting this guy into office. One of the worst paths that any country could take, especially at this point in time, would be to turn towards Russia!

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hihimorius Apr 22, 2026 +1

"Kremlin-friendly ex-president " - this is not true, an example of western stupid propaganda

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Pinki-Blub Apr 21, 2026

Dann bitte aus der EU raus und Ruzzia unterwerfen

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razor_hax0r Apr 21, 2026 +2

Wooow, I found a bot! Same exact comment from above but written different.

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Imaginary_Toe8982 Apr 21, 2026 -46

Bit hipocritical to talk about this when you have a pedo and greedy narcisit on the wheel.. damn stupid wesrern propaganda, that's why he won if west hate someone actively talking against it, bulgarians know to pick him up... that is mechanism from the communism if the state hates something, it is the right thing to do.. so kindly shut up and watch your own country..

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I-am-Pilgrim Apr 21, 2026 +15

The world needs better leaders. People need to start making better choices. Misinformation makes people confidently incorrect about the real facts. Crazy how these bad leaders have managed to divide their population into opposing factions and convince them that everything the other faction believes in is wrong. Its obviously really dumb but seems to work so well…

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Imaginary_Toe8982 Apr 21, 2026 -15

who are you tell people what are better choices? Sovereign nation sovereign choice.. Not a single day in power and there is soo much hate and linking to russia because that's the main propaganda...

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I-am-Pilgrim Apr 21, 2026 +10

You prove my point quite nicely. Who are you to tell me that my choices are wrong? We all need to make informed decisions. The world deserves strong honest leaders. Its our jobs to make sure we are not misled by ideology or misinformation. You get to vote for whomever you choose. Just like America. Doesn’t always mean that the outcome is sound…

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Tisarwat Apr 21, 2026 +3

You don't think Bulgaria is part of 'the West'? It's in the EU, which is one of the key powers within that political/cultural concept.

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Imaginary_Toe8982 Apr 21, 2026 -10

what tf you know about it? repeating like parrots some points from self hating idiots.. sovereign nation made it's choice so stfu...

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darienrude_dankstorm Apr 21, 2026 +2

that's why Bulgaria is flourishing as a country right? they sure know how to pick em

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Just_Housing8041 Apr 21, 2026 -14

Thank you brave bulgarian. A bad result for Uschi is a good result for me. And boy, thats a very bad result for Uschi...

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