Several hundred Bulgarian citizens massed before the presidential administration building in the capital Sofia on Monday to protest against EU sanctions imposed on Russia. Demonstrators gathered to wield posters reading "The EU did not free Bulgaria from Turkish domination, but Russia did" and "Crimea’s Bulgarians want Sofia to recognize the referendum".
They arrived, attracting television broadcasters and news photographers, as the building assembled the country’s national security council to discuss events in Ukraine and possible consequences for Bulgaria.
