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Lukoil's threat to close down is blackmail.

Iliyan Vassilev, a long-time diplomat and former ambassador to Russia, commented on this in the program "On focus" on NOVA.

According to Vassilev, our country cannot afford such blackmail.

"If I were the prime minister and someone allowed such a tone, then the next day the refinery would be under government state control, with which I secure crude oil, impose sanctions from the point of view of an audit going back over the years

," Vassilev commented.

A particularly big problem, according to him, was that the oil brought into Burgas by Russian tankers was not covered by internationally recognized insurance.

EC with explanatory instructions on the price ceiling on Russian oil

“We're working on magic right now.

From the entry of the embargo, which will take place tomorrow, nothing will change on the speakers.

Last night they agreed on a $60 price cap, we are currently bringing in over $80.

If we follow this general agreed policy, prices should drop significantly

," said Iliyan Vasilev.

"The government does not understand the complexity of the problem.

Sooner or later, we will have to take operational control over Lukoil-Neftohim, and instead of bailing them out of the situation, we must protect the interests of consumers.

There is currently a draft law in the National Assembly, it is very close to the German and Italian ones", explained the diplomat.

He also commented on the "Schengen" topic

: "The lack of elementary self-criticism is a bigger problem than the evaluation of what the Dutch Prime Minister said.

It is cynical to use the death of police officers, the cause of which is corruption at the borders.

If there was no corruption, the fence would be such that it would not allow passage," said the diplomat.

According to him, it is a huge problem that Romania and Croatia enter Schengen, but Bulgaria does not.

"There are two ways to react - rational and emotional.

The sensible thing is to set a goal, to decide what we want to do," Vasilev said.

Iliyan Vassilev

Lukoil