Bulgaria has long postponed modernizing its armed forces, which still rely on Soviet-era weapons. But Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine has served as a wake-up call.
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President Radev and government officials relied on clientelism, but a loophole suggesting the massive flagpole is "relocatable" and questions about a main sponsor have left it on shaky ground.