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На президентських виборах Болгарії перемогла проросійська кандидатка – ЗМІ

First reported 2026-11-02 01:20 UTC · Updated 2026-11-02 10:20 UTC · 5 independent sources

What happened

Iliana Yotova, Bulgaria's acting president, won the presidential runoff on 1 November, beating pro-Western ex-prime minister Andrey Gyurov, according to Radio Svoboda.

With 99.95% of protocols processed, Yotova had 57.58% of the vote and Gyurov 39.46%; almost 3% backed no one.

No candidate cleared the 50% threshold in the first round on 25 October.

Yotova became acting president in January, when Rumen Radev resigned to run in parliamentary elections, which he won, and became prime minister.

Radev has often voiced pro-Russian positions, while Gyurov signed a security cooperation deal with Kyiv as acting prime minister.

UNIAN reports that Yotova is the first woman to serve as Bulgaria's president.

“After this pressure, after this hatred poured out on these people, not one of them gave up, not one of them betrayed us.”

УНІАН · translated

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Who reported it

  1. 2026-11-02 01:20 UTCУкраїнська правда · pravda.com.ua ↗
  2. 2026-11-02 06:05 UTCРадіо Свобода · radiosvoboda.org ↗
  3. 2026-11-02 07:35 UTCУНІАН · unian.ua ↗
  4. 2026-11-02 08:51 UTCLB.ua · lb.ua ↗
  5. 2026-11-02 10:20 UTCУкрінформ · ukrinform.ua ↗

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