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Former Premier Kiril Petkov files defamation lawsuit against GERB leader Boyko Borissov

Kiril Petkov
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Former Premier Kiril Petkov has filed a EUR 250,000 defamation claim against GERB leader and former Prime Minister Boyko Borissov. Kiril Petkov told journalists that he is suing Boyko Borissov for his statement that Petkov and the other co-chairman of We Continue the Change Assen Vassilev, received commission fees under gas supply contracts. 

“I am tired of listening to his lies about intermediaries, commission fees and other defamatory statements which he keeps making”, Kiril Petkov said.



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