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A solemn reception on the eve of Russia Day took place today at the Russian Embassy in Sofia, TASS and BTA reported, citing a correspondent on the spot.

The event was attended by leaders of the political party "Vazrazhdane Vazrazhdaneis a political party in Bulgaria, established in August 2014 as its chairman", as well as Bulgarian socialists, veterans, representatives of many Bulgarian public organizations, the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, scientists and cultural figures.

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The Ambassador of Russia in Sofia Eleonora Mitrofanova addressed the guests with a greeting for the holiday and noted that nowadays everyone lives in an era of cardinal changes. "You and I are living in a complex time, in a period of global, radical changes forming the coordinate system of the new multipolar structure of the world. In these conditions, Russia, which is an active subject of current processes, seeks not only to ensure compliance with its interests, but also to formulate principles of international relations understandable to most countries, the basis of which is mutual respect and equality, excluding domination and hegemony," Mitrofanova said.

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The Russian ambassador noted that a number of countries that have taken on the function of "gendarmes of the planet" actively counteract Russia, but they will not achieve the results they are striving for, although they create some difficulties. "I want to assure you that despite the efforts of the so-called. collective West, Russia will continue its consistent progress," Mitrofanova said.

"Despite the fact that the views of Bulgarian citizens on the current agenda are far from homogeneous, official Sofia confidently adheres to the anti-Russian narrative. "Systematically involving the country in the conflict in Ukraine, whether by supplying the Kiev regime with ammunition or, for example, by sending a national contingent to the war zone, will undoubtedly have negative consequences for bilateral dialogue," Mitrofanova said.

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The Russian Ambassador to Bulgaria stressed the importance of people's diplomacy in the development of bilateral relations and expressed confidence that the current "state of affairs will be better with time" and that bilateral relations will receive their new development.

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