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Hundreds join anti-Gazprom protest in Bulgarian capital

A protester holds a poster reading in Bulgarian "Gas may bring head (President) down" during a protest rally in downtown Sofia in front of Bulgarian Presidency building on Wednesday, Aug 10, 2022. Hundreds of Bulgarians gathered to express their fear that after the pro-Western government was toppled in June allegedly because of Sofia's hard stance against Kremlin's invasion in Ukraine and its refusal to pay Gazprom in rubles, the current caretaker government could now redraw some foreign policy lines. (AP Photo/Valentina Petrova) A protesters hold posters reading in Bulgarian "NO to the dependence on Russia - no to financing the war" and "Russia is a terrorist state" during a protest rally in downtown Sofia in front of Bulgarian Presidency building on Wednesday, Aug 10, 2022. Hundreds of Bulgarians gathered to express their fear that after the pro-Western government was toppled in June allegedly because of Sofia's hard stance against Kremlin's invasion in Ukraine and its refusal to pay Gazprom in rubles, the current caretaker government could now redraw some foreign policy lines. (AP Photo/Valentina Petrova) A protester holds a poster reading in Bulgarian "Freedom or Gazprom" during a protest rally in downtown Sofia in front of Bulgarian Presidency building on Wednesday, Aug 10, 2022. Hundreds of Bulgarians gathered to express their fear that after the pro-Western government was toppled in June allegedly because of Sofia's hard stance against Kremlin's invasion in Ukraine and its refusal to pay Gazprom in rubles, the current caretaker government could now redraw some foreign policy lines. (AP Photo/Valentina Petrova) A protester wearing mask with EU flag attends a protest rally in downtown Sofia in front of Bulgarian Presidency building on Wednesday, Aug 10, 2022. Hundreds of Bulgarians gathered to express their fear that after the pro-Western government was toppled in June allegedly because of Sofia's hard stance against Kremlin's invasion in Ukraine and its refusal to pay Gazprom in rubles, the current caretaker government could now redraw some foreign policy lines. (AP Photo/Valentina Petrova) A protester holds a poster depicting Russia's President Putin along with sign "Killer" during a protest rally in downtown Sofia in front of Bulgarian Presidency building on Wednesday, Aug 10, 2022. Hundreds of Bulgarians gathered to express their fear that after the pro-Western government was toppled in June allegedly because of Sofia's hard stance against Kremlin's invasion in Ukraine and its refusal to pay Gazprom in rubles, the current caretaker government could now redraw some foreign policy lines. (AP Photo/Valentina Petrova) A protester waves USA flag during a protest rally in downtown Sofia in front of Bulgarian Presidency building on Wednesday, Aug 10, 2022. Hundreds of Bulgarians gathered to express their fear that after the pro-Western government was toppled in June allegedly because of Sofia's hard stance against Kremlin's invasion in Ukraine and its refusal to pay Gazprom in rubles, the current caretaker government could now redraw some foreign policy lines. (AP Photo/Valentina Petrova)