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"Bulgaria will be neither cold nor in the dark, as the official cabinet tries to play with people's fears".

This opinion was expressed by the former Minister of Energy Alexander Nikolov

Alexander Nikolov has a Master's degree in finance from the UNSS.

In the last few months, he has been an executive in the show "Nedelya" 150 on BNR.

Nikolov pointed out that Bulgaria's advantage is that the production of electricity does not depend on natural gas at all.

"We are the largest balancer of South-Eastern Europe and the Western Balkans in terms of electricity. This gives us an advantage, because it is possible to form agreements that will enable Bulgaria to export electricity, and in return to export natural gas," commented Nikolov.

According to him, energy should be far away from any political fights, because it is a sector that determines the life of every citizen and the entire industry and business.

If someone wants to use the topic of "energy" for an election campaign, it is extremely wrong and very harmful to society.

This shows the culture of the people who practice it, noted Alexander Nikolov

Alexander Nikolov has a Master's degree in finance from the UNSS.

He has been an executive for the past few months.

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He added that Gazprom's behavior towards the whole of Europe is clear.

During all 7 months, while I was responsible for the sector, as Minister of Energy in the "Petkov" government - b.r.

there has not been any different commercial or legal practice that distinguishes one supplier or another, regardless of which country it represents and what type of contract it is.

If someone had the desire to take risks for Bulgaria and for a Bulgarian company, in an amount and scale that is unacceptable, let them sign all the documents that are required and continue to act as they see fit, explained Nikolov.

According to him, the EU measures are "well-packaged promises of funds that are unlikely to solve what is still happening as a result of Europe's policies".

"The EU still does not want to admit that the energy crisis is more a function of Europe's energy policy over the last 10 years than of Russia's war in Ukraine. The war catalyzed some of the effects," Nikolov said.

According to the former minister of energy, the current minister - Rosen Hristov - was informed about everything

Rosen Hristov has a master's degree in international economic relations from the University of California, about what stage it is at, what can happen and how.

Obviously, it has already been proven even for them - the caretaker government - that Gazprom is an unreliable supplier.

What they did with the offer, for which the European Commission also cooperates, I don't know what definition to put on it, he pointed out.

"When we contracted the first two tankers, they were realized as offloading within two weeks. What we had done is until the end of the month of October everything was secured, November and December remained. The caretaker government says it has agreed with Turkey for one slot, we had left one. Easily 1+1 would have given 2. December tenders are held, the capacity of the Greek island of Revitusa also increased, and the third cargo could easily be realized then. The remaining 4 cargoes would be an option how Bulgaria should act from January onwards", explained the former Minister of Energy.

Nikolov urged DANS to consider a much longer period, "which also covers the reasons for the reduction of gas quantities from Azerbaijan, when, who and if he gave a silent refusal when asked whether these quantities should be reduced, what is the communication with Gazprom" on the subject and are the auctions transparent.

Alexander Nikolov

Rosen Hristov