Neutral Bulgaria () was a coalition of political parties in Bulgaria created to participate in the 2023 Bulgarian parliamentary election. The members are in support of the Russian Federation and Russian president Vladimir Putin, as well as in opposition to NATO.
History The coalition was led by Nikolai Malinov, who was personally awarded by Vladimir Putin and has been placed under sanctions from the Magnitsky Act. Volen Siderov stood as the party's candidate in Sofia and Varna. The coalition received 0.40% of the vote, well below the 4% threshold to enter the National Assembly.
The coalition fell apart during the lead-up to the October 2024 parliamentary election due to the ideological gap between the right-winged Russophiles and the left-winged communists, as well as internal opposition within the communist parties due to Malinov's espionage charges. Malinov would go on to form the Russophiles for Bulgaria to contest the elections.
Composition
2023
Party Leader Ideology Position Attack Volen Siderov Bulgarian nationalismUltranationalism Far-right Bulgarian Communist Party Zonka Zlatkova Spasov CommunismStalinism Far-left Party of the Bulgarian Communists Collective Leadership CommunismMarxism-Leninism Far-left Russophiles for the Revival of the Fatherland Nikolai Malinov RussophiliaNational conservatism Right-wing
2024
Party Leader Ideology Position Communist Party of Bulgaria Aleksandar Paunov CommunismMarxism-Leninism Far-left Bulgarian Communist Party Zonka Zlatkova Spasov CommunismStalinism Far-left Party of the Bulgarian Communists Collective leadership CommunismMarxism-Leninism Far-left Russophiles for the Revival of the Fatherland Nikolai Malinov RussophiliaNational conservatism Right-wing
Electoral history
National Assembly Election Votes % Seats +/– Government 2023 10,505 0.42 (#9) New Jun 2024 2,462 0.11 (#25)
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