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"The Bulgarian government should sit on its butts and not go around the media like flower girls. First they should have checked whether there really are 90-day stocks of fuels and products. Two of the major sellers on the market do not have such stocks, they do not even have them on paper, they are suing because they are close to the big D and are postponing these decisions. The second thing that the state should have already done is for Borisov to call his friend Trump and explain that the Burgas refinery has nothing to do with Russia's income. Trump is imposing sanctions on Bulgarian citizens.
The least he should ask for and the Bulgarian state is obliged to do is to ask for derogations. He cannot impose sanctions on the most loyal nation in all of Europe, while Putin's loyal friend - Vucic wins eight-month derogations," said former Minister of Energy Rumen Ovcharov to the Bulgarian National Radio. According to him, the Burgas refinery will be sold to a serious business player in this field.
The government must solve issues. There is a problem and it is serious. Someone must do their job. To take matters into their own hands, stop engaging in cheap PR and do their own thing. This was recommended in an interview with the Bulgarian National Radio by Rumen Ovcharov, the former Minister of Energy from the BSP, regarding the sale of the "Lukoil" refinery and the expected fuel crisis in our country. He is categorical that a derogation from the sanctions should be requested.
"I am very skeptical that something that has not happened in five years will happen in two weeks. "Lukoil" does not want to create problems for the countries where it operates, but I do not see the Bulgarian state acting. If the option that "Lukoil" is proposing does not happen, the other plans of the Bulgarian state by these heroes who changed the law and introduced a special manager are also meaningless. We saw what happened with the "Rosneft" companies in Germany. It is worrying that no one from Bulgaria is taking the real measures that can be taken", said Ovcharov. He explained that the special manager does not cancel the ownership and sanctions, "in Germany they have had one for three years".
"For four days I listened to a bunch of babblers who don't know what they are talking about. If "Lukoil" stops in Burgas and the one in Romania is not working, and in Serbia it is not working and at the beginning of next year we cannot receive petroleum products from Russian oil, which we currently receive from Turkey and in large volumes, where exactly will the fuels for Bulgaria come from? ", commented Rumen Ovcharov. He is categorical that Greece can hardly satisfy the market in Bulgaria, Romania and Serbia.
"The Bulgarian government should sit on its butts and not go around the media like flower girls. First they should have checked whether there really are 90-day stocks of fuels and products. Two of the major sellers on the market do not have such stocks, they do not even have them on paper, they are conducting lawsuits because they are close to the big D and are postponing these decisions. The second thing the state should have already done is for Borisov to call his friend Trump and explain that the Burgas refinery has nothing to do with Russia's income. Trump is imposing sanctions on Bulgarian citizens. The least he should ask for, and the Bulgarian state is obliged to do, is for us to ask for derogations. "The most loyal nation in Europe cannot impose sanctions on us, while Putin's loyal friend - Vucic won eight-month derogations," Ovcharov also said.
According to him, our refinery is at a loss this and last year, "because they canceled the derogation, otherwise in 2024 we would have had some 24 million in the budget."
Rumen Ovcharov commented that Bulgaria is in a drama because of a fictional battle and advised: "They should ask how long it will take us to start using the 90-day reserves. Because Hungary, when the Ukrainians stopped, needed seven weeks to receive permission from the EC to use their reserve. And if we have to wait seven weeks, I don't know what we're going to do in the winter." Ovcharov pointed out that the Burgas refinery will be sold, but it won't be sold to a temporary buyer, but to a serious business player in this field.