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Bulgaria’s cabinet tables proposal to President Rossen Plevneliev to discharge Air Force Commander General Rumen Radev

Major General Rumen Radev
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Bulgaria’s cabinet has tabled a proposal to President Rossen Plevneliev to discharge Air Force Commander Major General Rumen Radev. General Radev, who is one of the favorites of the leftist parties for a Presidential nominee, handed in his resignation on August 1 as a sign of disagreement with the national strategy, according to which the Bulgarian airspace would be policed jointly with air forces of another country.




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