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91 - Bulgaria: Russia's Backdoor into Europe?

The Red Line

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The EU's Support for Ukraine

Bulgarian Prime Minister Kittle Petkov made a big show of supporting Ukraine. But if we look at the bigger picture, their oil from Russia has nearly doubled. They are still taking advantage of their EU exemption to buy up cheap Russian gas and large amounts of Russian oil. And yet, they're talking about expanding pipe capacity that goes through Turkey into Bulgaria and then on to Central Europe.

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