"Bulgargaz " is responsible for the unprofitable contract with "Botash". This was stated a few days ago by MP Radoslav Ribarski from the PP-DB, who is a member of the committee in the parliament dealing with the case. “This is a 13-year contract, from which it can be seen that Bulgaria is losing. It does not use the capacities that have been agreed upon. "Extremely large capacities have been agreed upon, more than what is physically possible that we can unload in Turkish waters," he added. What is this contract for Bulgaria… Energy expert Krasimir Manov spoke to FACTS.
- Mr. Manov, in recent days the subject of the gas contract with the Turkish company “Botash” has been raised again, after the parliamentary committee also issued a report. You have been talking about it for a long time. What new did you hear in the committee's report?
- I heard that there are some people who have to answer many questions. What happened two years ago, when it became clear that this contract would be concluded, I said it even then - including to you, that the contract would be an absolute loss for Bulgaria. Now that the data and the official report of the commission in the National Assembly have come out, it can be seen that this is one of the biggest national betrayals committed against the people of Bulgaria. No such contract can be signed which causes more than 2.5 billion US dollars in damages. The clauses in the contract are written in such a way that it is as if everything was done in Botash“, and our “smart heads” they just agreed. This is what I understand from the committee report. The contract with Botash“ is a legally binding intergovernmental agreement to be precise. “Botash“ he gives us the agreement to sign, and the signature of Minister Rosen Hristov has already been placed there, for whom I said even then that he is an absolutely unprepared person and can only be expected to do such a thing as he did. Also signed by the director of “Bulgargaz” Denitsa Zlateva, whom they expelled, and – notice, Vladimir Malinov, who was then the director of Bulgartransgaz”, and now became a minister in the cabinet of “Glavchev” with the sole purpose of covering his tracks. Boyko Borisov spoke to me a few days ago and President Kradev is defending me. Everyone is in the bucket, in the “assembly”, frauds and swindlers who do not care about our people. Can such national treason. They have signed $9,145 for 100 km capacity. per 1000 cubic meters for transit through Turkish territory, given that the prices are between 2.5 and 4.5 dollars. Absolute fraud! And it turns out that the contract was not agreed in the Council of Ministers, it did not go through all the ministries, through the Bulgarian Energy Holding (BEH), which is the principal of these commercial companies, and he does not know. It so happens that no one informed the owner!? How is such a thing possible? This is absolute national treason! It's subjudicial, it's chapter one in the Penal Code – for national treason. Rumen Radev – the president, Vladimir Malinov, Denitsa Zlateva – all are imprisoned immediately. The contract with “Botash” is national treason, everyone should go to jail immediately! In the National Assembly, only Radostin Vassilev, who is an independent representative, came out and told them straight to their face. There was a grave silence in the hall. I was there as a guest at the time. All are in the “assembly“ – GERB, DPS and PP-DB. All are for prison. What did you do? Why don't you investigate it? They had information about this betrayal. You see, that's a lot of money. And we are fighting for BGN 100 million for a children's hospital. For the 2.5 billion dollars that we will lose and give to Turkey because of the stupidity of certain people, how many children's hospitals can we build... Huh? Why don't they consider? All these should be arrested and put in jail. And not to tell me what prospects this contract has. This contract is an absolute fraud and it all started with our President Radev's conversations with Turkey's President Erdogan. Understand, there is no such scam.
- How much would it cost us to cancel this contract and can it be canceled, renegotiated?
- The contract is written in such a way that there is no cancellation clause, no "force majeure" clause. Everything is written in favor of the Turkish side, of Botash.
- And so it has been for 13 years…
- When Botash“ transits gas through the territory of Bulgaria, pays up to 4.5 dollars for transit. That is, the contract is not reciprocal. It was signed under the dictates of the Turkish side, and our “smart people” they just signed everything. And Rumen Radev will speak to me now with the halo of the great fighter, of the people's man with the raised fist… What's left of the raised fist… Just the middle finger! This is evident from this contract. Remember - there is no such deception in the world, no such national betrayal. They're grumbling to me now, they're hiding, you see, but we haven't used it, but there was a prospect… What a prospect, it was signed for 1.850 bcm/m given that we don't need that amount of gas.
- Isn't there something in this contract that if we agree to import larger quantities of liquefied gas, we could sell it already using Turkey's gas transmission network to make a profit…
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- That would be very nice, but it's not happening. Isn't this something that needs to be voted on, bet on, and have contracts. As Vasil Levski said: “Sovereign work is no joke”. If we are going to trade, it is a matter of serious analysis, of accounts, all this is reviewed to see the balance. Do we need more gas? At the moment we have 1 billion cubic meters from the Azeris, 1 billion cubic meters from the Alexandroupolis pipe. Bulgaria consumes 2.25 billion cubic meters. gas per year. There is also another 650 million cubic meters, which Valentin Zlatev's company brings in, because 200 million cubic meters are needed by Neftohim m“, and the other 450 million cubic meters are sold. We do not need such natural gas to ask for such a capacity contract from Botash”. You say let's trade, fine. The idea is wonderful, but since last year, from January 1 until today, nothing has been traded, and we only pay to “Botash”. The damages for one year and three months are 250 million dollars under this contract for Bulgaria. That's it. Thoughts and ideas are great, but practicality is a little different. It is about state money, the people's money, with which we will cover the losses under this contract. All this messes in your pocket, in my pocket, in the pocket of all Bulgarians. In the media you have to bone them is these traitors to one. At the same time, we wonder why we pay 30% more expensive natural gas. That's why we pay! Because the money runs out to Botash“ and Turkey. That is why the price of gas in our country is on average 20% more expensive compared to the exchange in the Netherlands. There was also a period when it was 40% more expensive. What is that thing? I have said this and warned them not to buy expensive natural gas two years ago, when it reached 3,500 dollars for 1,000 cubic meters and they pumped it into “Chiren”. For two years now, we have been paying expensive natural gas because we have to use it from "Chiren".
Over 1 billion BGN are the damages for the Bulgarian consumer.
These people are absolute criminals. I have no qualms about saying so, and all of these should be put away immediately. But in Bulgaria we know how it is. The prosecutor's office is theirs, in DANS the president is the person whom Radev is protecting. DANS S… Office of National Security… DANS, having done a good action in customs, why didn't he do a good action in “Bulgartransgaz”, why didn't he arrest the acting minister Malinov? And we hear him now saying: “We will see, we will negotiate…“ But the Turks are not stupid. Why would they want to renegotiate and talk about termination when this contract is in their favor. In the report of the commission in the parliament, it is written that ours have sent a letter to Turkey, but there is no answer. The Turks not only do not want the contract to be terminated, they want even more favorable terms. Why? Thanks to the agreement with Bulgaria, they have signed agreements with Hungary and Romania to transit gas through our territory. But the transit fee is up to 4.5 dollars. They win and make money, and we realize losses in favor of Turkey. What it is - it is national treason. They are all in the bucket.