I am surprised that I am among the sanctioned, even shocked.

I can't tell you how I ended up on this list.

This was stated to BTA by Alexander Nikolov, who is the former CEO and Deputy Director of Kozloduy NPP, where he worked in various positions for 30 years.

All about the topic:

The new "Magnitsky" sanctions 47

"As former directors of the nuclear power plant, Alexander Nikolov Nikolov and Ivan Genov accepted BGN 5 million in bribes from foreign persons in return for guarantees under the Kozloduy NPP contracts," the US Treasury wrote in their reasons.

"In my capacity as deputy executive director in the period 2019-2022, the electricity sales department was not under my command at all.

I am not aware that Rumen Ovcharov had any interest in companies dealing with the sale of electricity," explained Alexander Nikolov.

He added that the electricity from the Kozloduy NPP is provided to the Bulgarian energy exchange.

Ivan Genov on the Magnitsky sanctions: the Americans have an anonymous denunciation against me

Alexander Nikolov denied that he participated in any corruption schemes.

The new "Magnitsky" sanctions