Bulgaria, Radev’s presidential victory confirms the anti-corruption turnaround

BERLIN – The Bulgarian political turnaround, against the backdrop of the Covid catastrophe, is complete. The outgoing president in the ballot of the presidential elections Rumen Radev, independent but in fact close to the pro-Western and anti-corruption forces victorious in the parliamentary elections a week ago, has swept against the challenger Anastas Gerdzhikov, supported by the former strongman and oligarch Bojko Borissov, which came out loser to the anticipated policies.