On the eve of the national holiday on March 3, the Russian Ambassador to Bulgaria Eleonora Mitrofanova climbed Mount Shipka and scolded the caretaker government of Andrey Gyurov.
"The rhetoric of the new Bulgarian authorities has become sharper, and completely unjustified. This is probably due to a large extent to the election campaign, which, although not officially announced, has already begun. Politicians are trying to please their patrons, and that is precisely why the negativity towards Russia is increasing", Mitrofanova was quoted as saying by the state-run TASS and on the Russian embassy's page on social networks.
"At the same time, optimism is the last thing that leaves our souls, our thoughts. I am convinced that at some point everything will start to change. Here, in Bulgaria, there is a special attitude towards Russia; these feelings live in people, deep in their memory, and nothing can erase these lasting ties", she points out.
From the messages of the Russian embassy it is clear that it has held meetings on Shipka with people who "remember and know well the history of their country, the history of its liberation - despite the continuing deterioration of Bulgarian-Russian relations".
It is impressive that a similar tone towards the Gyurov cabinet was not demonstrated against the pro-European regular government of Rosen Zhelyazkov.