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Bulgaria's parliament adopted an anti-LGBTQ+ education amendment proposed by the pro-Russia Revival party and backed by status quo parties; Revival then ran a smear campaign nam…

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Bulgaria's parliament adopted an anti-LGBTQ+ education amendment proposed by the pro-Russia Revival party and backed by status quo parties; Revival then ran a smear campaign naming teachers who opposed it and alleging US and Bulgarian CSO financing. Revival has signaled its next goal is introducing a Russian-style foreign agents law targeting any CSO or individual, with newly demonstrated cross-party support.
country
Bulgaria
date text
August–October 2025 (anti-LGBTQ+ amendment August; elections October 27)
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created at
2026-09-24T17:50:55.358311+00:00
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unknown
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1
id
BGR-001
notes
Bulgaria is outside the primary database, but the sequence — anti-LGBTQ+ legislation as a values wedge, a funding-as-betrayal smear naming foreign donors, and a stated intent to copy Russia's foreign agent law tied to an election — closely mirrors the Georgian arc and the Republika Srpska model-import pattern. The analytically significant new element is cross-party drift: a nominally pro-Western largest party backing Russian-style legislation signals the multi-party normalization that, in documented cases, converts a fringe proposal into enacted law. | Comparative case outside the campaign model — no campaign assigned by design (Sep 23 2026). | Original tactic text: Foreign Agent Legislation (announced intent), preceded by political authorization and a targeting smear campaign
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2026-09-24T17:50:55.358311+00:00
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