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Bulgaria's ex-energy chief charged over Russian gas cutoff

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Alexander Nikolov was energy minister between Dec. 2021 and Aug. 2022. Russia halted natural gas deliveries in April 2022 after the previous government in Sofia refused Gazprom's demand to pay in rubles. That prompted then-Prime Minister Kiril Petkov to claim that Moscow had used hybrid war tactics.

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Bulgaria's ex-energy chief charged over Russian gas cutoff

Bulgarian prosecutors have charged a former energy minister in the previous, pro-Western government with mismanagement that allegedly caused losses of 45 million euros ($48 million) to the country’s major state-run gas operator

1 year ago·United States

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Bulgaria's ex-energy chief charged over Russian gas cutoff

SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgarian prosecutors have charged a former energy minister in the previous, pro-Western government with mismanagement that allegedly caused losses of 45 million euros ($48 million) to the country’s major state-run gas operator. The Sofia prosecution office said in a statement Wednesday that Alexander Nikolov and two other energy officials had threatened the public gas supplies of the state gas company Bulgargaz in the cou…

1 year ago·Idaho Falls, United States

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Bulgaria's ex-energy chief charged over Russian gas cutoff

1 year ago·Winnipeg, Canada

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Bulgaria's ex-energy chief charged over Russian gas cutoff

SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) -- Bulgarian prosecutors on Wednesday charged a former energy minister in the previous, pro-Western government with mismanagement that allegedly caused losses of 45 million euros ($48 million) to the country's major state-run gas operator.

1 year ago·Canada

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Bulgaria's ex-energy chief charged over Russian gas cutoff

SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgarian prosecutors on Wednesday charged a former energy minister in the previous, pro-Western government with mismanagement that allegedly caused losses of 45 million euros ($48 million) to the country’s major state-run gas operator. Alexander Nikolov was in office when Russia’s Gazprom cut off deliveries to Bulgaria after the country, together with others, refused to start paying for deliveries in Russian currency foll…

1 year ago·Tacoma, United States

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