The Russian Ambassador interferes in Bulgarian Internal Politics

"If I were a Bulgarian citizen, I would vote for the one person I understand - for 'I do not support anyone' or for Kostadin Kostadinov."

This is stated by the Russian ambassador to Bulgaria, Eleonora Mitrofanova, in an interview with Martin Karboski, which was published on his YouTube video blog.

"Why would I act like that? Because perhaps of all of them, we should call them conditionally opposition parties, he expresses a pro-Bulgarian position, which I like. I think he has a balanced approach in foreign policy," explained Mitrofanova.

The interview was published on Wednesday - the day on which Asen Vassilev of "We Continue the Change" openly called "Vazrazhdane" (Revival) a pro-Kremlin party in the parliament. However, Mitrofanova defends Kostadinov and denies that he represents the interests of Moscow.

"No, I wouldn't say that he represents Russian interests in Bulgaria. Maybe - the 'Russophiles'. Yes, of course. Another issue is that they don't earn anything. But basically, it's Malinov." (Nikolay Malinov is the leader of the pro-Russian party "Russophiles")

"And do you finance Malinov", asks Karbovski.

"No, how... No. We at the embassy don't fund anyone," she replied. Several times in the interview, Mitrofanova emphasized that Russia currently has no money to pay either politicians or journalists.

The Russian ambassador commented on the political situation in Bulgaria.

"GERB is a party that has been in government for a long enough time, it has its strengths, that's why the vote for them is not a surprise. They are known as rulers, how can I say it - it's a dragon, but its own dragon. 'We Continue the Change' lost a lot from their positions (in the...