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TexasTowelie

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Tue Apr 21, 2026, 03:09 AM Apr 21

Bulgaria's pro-Russian ex-president wins election in landslide - Reuters



Pro-Russian former President Rumen Radev has won Bulgaria's election by a landslide, official results showed, sidelining long-dominant political forces and potentially pushing the EU and NATO member state closer to Moscow.
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Bulgaria's pro-Russian ex-president wins election in landslide - Reuters (Original Post) TexasTowelie Apr 21 OP
Shows the failure of the idiotic European system of needing every country to go along Wonder Why Apr 21 #1

Wonder Why

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1. Shows the failure of the idiotic European system of needing every country to go along
Tue Apr 21, 2026, 08:48 AM
Apr 21

with any decision. There will always be a Hungary and a Bulgaria.

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