In Bulgaria, Ileana Yutova is leading in the presidential elections, supporting the tightening of ties with Russia. * According to the local central election committee, she received 34.59% of the votes after counting 95.29% of the polling stations. * In second place is former Prime Minister Andrey Gurov with 32.03%. In March of this year, he signed an agreement with Zelensky for cooperation in the field of security for a period of 10 years. * In third place Kostadin Kostadinov, leader of the "Revival" party, with 12.62%. He also advocates dialogue with Russia. The second round of the elections will be held on November 1, since none of the candidates received more than half of the votes.

In Bulgaria, Ileana Yutova is leading in the presidential elections, supporting the tightening of ties with Russia. * According to the local central election committee, she received 34.59% of the votes after counting 95.29% of the polling stations. * In second place is former Prime Minister Andrey Gurov with 32.03%. In March of this year, he signed an agreement with Zelensky for cooperation in the field of security for a period of 10 years. * In third place Kostadin Kostadinov, leader of the "Revival" party, with 12.62%. He also advocates dialogue with Russia. The second round of the elections will be held on November 1, since none of the candidates received more than half of the votes.