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Spring said nothing to me—it couldn't.
Georgy Ivanov, 20th Century Russian Poetry: Silver and Steel; from 'Spring said nothing to me...', tr. Daniel Weissbort
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А что такое вдохновенье? —
Так...
Неожиданно, слегка
Сияющее дуновенье
Божественного ветерка...
/Георгий Иванов
What is inspiration? -
Okay...
Suddenly, lightly
A shimmering breeze
Of the divine wind...
/ Georgy Ivanov
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Georgi Ivanov Kakalov was the 1st Bulgarian(and Balkanian) cosmonaut. Bulgaria was the 6th country in space (and one of the two Balkan countries in space, along with Romania) after USSR, USA, Czechoslovakia, Poland and GDR.
Ivanov, along with Soviet cosmonaut Nikolai Rukavishnikov, was launched into space as part of the Soyuz 33 mission from Baikonur Cosmodrome on April 10, 1979, at 17:34. The scientific program for the flight was prepared entirely by Bulgarian scientists, along with some of the equipment. Although an engine failure forced the mission to be aborted, and didn't manage to dock with the Salyut 6 space station, the crew returned to Earth safely.
Ivanov was later awarded the Hero of the People's Republic of Bulgaria award and the Hero of the Soviet Union award.
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45 years ago... Soyuz 33 steep ballistic return
1979, April 10, as the Soyuz 33 crew of Rukavishnikov & Georgi Ivanov (Bulgaria) couldn't dock with the Salyut-6 space station due to their Soyuz main engine failure. Emergency return to Earth was accomplished with an unusual very steep ballistic re-entry resulting in landing in Dzhezkazgan.
Commander Nikolai Rukavishnikov, who had been support cosmonaut for Apollo-Soyuz in 1975, wore an Omega Speedmaster Mk III "Big Blue chronograph, which remarkably fitted underneath the sleeve of his Sokol space suit. When in May 1973, a cosmonaut delegation visited Omega HQ in Bienne, they were presented the Omega flightmaster, Speedmaster versions up to Mk III and the ex-Alaska II Project Speedmaster. While they prefered the bulkier chronographs, during Apollo-Soyuz all spacefarers wore an Omega Speedmaster (11 in total).
(Photo: TASS) #MoonwatchUniverse
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Emerging from the shadows all,
To step out and enter without a fall,
But in this world, no morals they can see,
Yet, like a child, I dream wildly and free,
A warrior of light, deep within I seek,
In mirrors, I confront monsters, fierce and bleak.
Each morning, I set out on this quest,
Lifting my lids, a scowling imp I wrest,
For the cause of good, I strike the glass in vain,
No answer comes, just silence and disdain,
Then I realize, it's an undead reflection,
The cursed mirror mirrors my own imperfection.
From afar, for a moment, I glimpse a sign,
Shattered pieces align, mystical and divine,
A thought whispers softly, a query I conceive,
"Why do these cursed mirrors haunt and deceive?"
Distorted reflections, a mutual game they play,
"I believe in evil's inevitable sway,"
Georgy Ivanov's words echo in my mind,
Yet, blame me not, for awareness takes time.
I believe in evil's grip, its relentless spree,
No miracles sway me, that's my decree,
But for the sake of good, I'll face the fight,
I'm prepared to sacrifice, to make things right.
In the likely good, I hold my belief,
Inevitable evil, a constant motif,
Mirrors, they reflect, not distort nor bend,
What if they show the twisted paths we wend?
What if I am the very distortion they cast,
Long before mirrors, my nature was steadfast,
Is it a marvel or flaw? I question in thought,
Only shadows may know, though answers are sought.
So much hangs in the balance, the stakes are high,
Yet, who is my adversary, who stands by?
In fate's game, in the realm of strife,
I believe in inevitability, not the end of life.
No matter the paths that twist and twine,
One day, I'll unite them, their fates align,
Casually tying knots, I'll mend the flow,
I believe in evil's pull, but a triumph I'll show.
In the likely good, I place my trust,
In the inevitability of evil's thrust,
I believe in evil's sway, it's true,
Yet, the potential good, I believe in it too.
I believe in evil's grip, its relentless spree,
No miracles sway me, that's my decree,
But for the sake of good, I'll face the fight,
I'm prepared to sacrifice, to make things right.
song name: Я верю только в неизбежность зла by PYROKINESIS
I listened to this song and it reminded me of From with its atmosphere, especially Jade. But it's on russian, so I tried to translate it. That's an artistic approximate translation of the original song, not a fully accurate translation
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In February 2023, Irina, an inmate at the IK-28 women’s penal colony in Russia’s Samara region, began speaking out publicly about her inability to get the HIV treatment she needs in prison. Hers is not an isolated case — HIV-positive inmates throughout the country have been going without lifesaving medication for years. Meduza spoke with human rights activists about how this situation came to be, and with prisoners who are being denied access to the treatment they need to survive.
At least seven regions
On February 22, the independent outlet Holod published the story of Irina, an inmate with HIV who’s being held in the IK-28 penal colony in Russia’s Samara region. Communicating through her son, she told journalists that the HIV-positive prisoners there hadn’t received the antiretroviral therapy drugs Kaletra (lopinavir/ritonavir), Simanod (atazanavir), Ritonavir, or Kemeruvir (darunavir) for several weeks. According to Irina, 10% of the prison’s detainees are now confirmed to be HIV-positive.
Irina said that when she and other women with HIV wrote to the prison superintendent, their complaint wasn’t registered. Yevgeny, Irina’s son, said that a report was filed against her, and that the administration wanted to send her to a “ShIZO,” or “punishment cell,” but in the end, they only gave her a verbal reprimand. On March 6, Yevgeny told Meduza that his mother had been hospitalized with severe liver pain. According to him, she still hasn’t received the HIV treatment she needs.
Since the beginning of 2023, there have been at least seven reports of Russian prisons lacking antiretroviral medications that patients need, according to data collected by the patient advocacy group Patient Control for its project Pereboi.ru. Activists have reported complaints from patients in the Leningrad, Volgograd, Nizhny Novgorod, Novosibirsk, Rostov, Samara, and Sverdlovsk regions.
According to Georgy Ivanov, a lawyer for the Committee Against Torture, it’s almost impossible to describe in detail the scale of what’s happening: “Neither I nor organizations that specialize in helping prisoners have complete statistics on these kinds of appeals. The last time a lack of medication was discussed [in the media], as far as I remember, was in 2019. Back then, the problem arose because there weren’t contracts for supplying the drugs.”
In a comment to the Russian newspaper Izvestia, Patient Control representatives expressed fears that there could be more prisons where HIV-positive inmates lack stable access to medications than there are registered complaints. According to activist Yulia Vereshchagina, prisoners likely keep silent because they are afraid of prison administrators.
No appointments, wrong medications
Before becoming a human rights activist, Committee Against Torture lawyer Pyotr Khromov served time in Moscow’s Krasnaya Presnya pre-trial detention center. As part of his assigned work as a hospital attendant, he compiled lists of people with HIV. Pyotr described prisoners’ initial medical examinations to Meduza: “When they admit people to the pre-trial detention center, they administer blood tests for syphilis and HIV. About half of HIV-positive detainees learn about their status for first time through this test. Obviously, they weren’t under observation at the AIDS center before this and weren’t given any HIV therapy.” After that, according to Khromov, the center takes another blood sample to check these detainees’ immune status and determine how well their immune systems are coping with the virus.
Pyotr Khromov said that Moscow detention centers only nominally have in-house infectious disease doctors — in reality, the inmates diagnosed with HIV can only receive an appointment for drug therapy at the Matrosskaya Tishina detention center hospital.
If a person is diagnosed with HIV and can’t provide a document showing that they previously received antiretroviral (ARV) therapy, he won’t receive it for several months — not until he goes to the only hospital in all of Moscow’s detention facilities, in Matrosskaya Tishina, where he’ll be seen by an infectious disease doctor. [This happens] even if his immune status is low: I’ve personally seen an index of 20 cells/mm3 in a person waiting to see a doctor.
Due to these limitations, even when drugs are available, interruptions in ARV therapy can occur when an HIV-positive person is held at the detention center if there’s no infectious disease doctor on site to prescribe treatment.
Patients who are already registered with regional AIDS centers receive medications immediately upon arrival to detention centers or penal colonies, but the drug treatment they get in prison isn’t always the same as what their doctors prescribed. Sergey, who was serving his sentence in the IK-9 penal colony in the Kaliningrad region, experienced this issue firsthand. He found out about his diagnosis 20 years ago and had been taking the same set of drugs to treat his HIV infection since 2015. But when he was in prison, he told Meduza, he wasn’t allowed to continue his usual regimen:
I came to the medical unit to get the medication, and they told me that my medication wasn’t available. That I could take a different one, if I wanted. They hadn’t done any tests. No one checked if a different regimen would work for me or not. From January to March 2022, they gave me six different regimens. They didn’t really explain why there weren’t any [of my usual] drugs. They said that the Federal Penitentiary Service had no supplies, and that was it.
When Sergey was released and came to the regional AIDS center for a checkup, the medical staff there explained to him that the drugs he’d been given in prison shouldn’t be taken together. The prison’s administration didn’t provide information to the AIDS center about what exactly Sergey had taken for the full duration of his imprisonment.
Theoretically, if a prison doesn’t have the necessary medication for a patient’s treatment regimen, the patient’s relatives can provide it to the colony. Irina’s son told Meduza that he has to search for drugs for his mother on his own: “It’s very difficult to find ARV drugs in pharmacies in the Samara region, but I managed. They’re very expensive — it costs at least 10 thousand rubles ($132.70 dollars) a month. Not everyone has that kind of money. Or relatives who can buy and pass on the medication.”
In order to receive drug treatment, an inmate must report their HIV status to prison administrators. This requires obtaining a statement from the medical unit. Human rights activist Maria told Meduza that prison medical staff rarely sign such permits: “[Let’s say] a person is being treated with a three-drug regimen, and one of them is not available in the penal colony. If the Federal Penitentiary Service signs off on prescribing this drug to the inmate, the colony would get itself in trouble. After all, it’s the colony’s fault that the prisoner is forced to buy a drug that he’s legally entitled to receive for free.”
Drug procurement chaos
One of the reasons prisons aren’t always able to receive the medication they need has to do with Russia’s state procurement process, according to the Committee Against Torture’s Pyotr Khromov: “No matter what kind of antiretroviral therapy a person uses on the outside, in penal colonies or detention centers he’ll receive only one type of medical therapy — the one purchased by the Federal Penitentiary Service’s regional medical department. Mainly Kaletra, as it’s the most widespread and the cheapest. But unlike people on the outside, who can be given a different drug if they experience side effects, prisoners aren’t given a choice.”
Russia’s system for procuring medications for inmates with HIV has been inconsistent in recent years. On March 1, 2019, the Health Ministry transferred all purchasing authority for medications for HIV and for hepatitis B and C to the Federal Penitentiary Service. The Health Ministry only retained the right to purchase antiviral drugs and diagnostic tools for federal government agencies subordinated to the ministry, the Federal Medical-Biological Agency, and Russia’s consumer welfare agency Rospotrebnadzor, as well as for medical institutions in Russia’s federal subjects.
At the same time, the Finance Ministry was instructed to reallocate the budget set aside for ARV drug procurement for the Federal Penitentiary Service. A 2019 report from Russia’s consumer welfare agency indicated that during the course of the year, about 90% of HIV-infected patients in prisons were receiving antiretroviral therapy. However, according to the NGO Treatment Preparedness Coalition, only half as many inmates actually received treatment. Starting in 2021, responsibility for purchasing ARV drugs for prisoners was transferred back to the Health Ministry.
This change of agencies responsible for procurement caused problems with purchasing ARV drugs and delivering them to prisoners with HIV, human rights activist Andrey told Meduza. A coordinator for the human rights group Russia Behind Bars (whose name we’ve omitted for security reasons) concurred: even if state procurements are made in full and prisoners have access to the drugs, not everyone can receive ARV therapy, as there are no unified regulations for issuing these drugs.
Some people with HIV who are serving sentences in Russian prisons aren’t Russian citizens. They receive medical therapy in the penal colonies because such treatment falls under the Federal Penitentiary Service’s authority. Upon release, these people end up in temporary detention centers for foreign nationals — the Internal Affairs Ministry’s jurisdiction. There, they don’t receive any treatment, as this doesn’t fall under the agency’s authority.
Incorrect and life-threatening ‘treatment’
In 2013, Yulia was sent to the IK-4 penal colony in Kaliningrad Oblast. She knew that she was HIV-positive before her imprisonment and had been taking the medications Kivexa (abacavir/lamivudine) and Isentress (raltegravir). Yulia told Meduza that from the start of her incarceration in a pre-trial detention center, she was unable to get the medications she needs:
On my first day [in prison], the so-called “feeding window” (Editor’s note: the window where medications are dispensed) opened, and they threw some pills at me. I said it didn’t look like my medication. They just told me: “Take what you’re given.”
According to Yulia, infectious disease doctors often put down a “less severe” stage of HIV in their notes when examining new inmates. This, she said, is a way for prisons to “maintain a stable number of relatively healthy people and not give inmates grounds to register their disabilities.”
In 2016, Yulia noticed that she was being given expired medications. Then, instead of daily therapy, she started receiving packages of pills for several days. The medical unit told Yulia that this was “normal,” and that the medications they were giving her can be taken up to six months after the expiration date. After that incident, according to Yulia, she started receiving pills either without packaging or without date labels. “I asked the medical unit why they cut off the expiration date if they were sure that the medication was okay. I was told that it was none of my business,” she said.
Yulia said that during her imprisonment, her medication was regularly changed without any tests; prison employees would simply show her a new entry in her medical records and explain that “now the medication will be different.” Once, when Yulia was prescribed the medication Kaletra, she had to write a refusal, as she’d previously been hospitalized with liver complications after taking it. During her imprisonment, Yulia took eight different drug combinations — a harmful practice that can cause an infection to progress.
In 2019, Yulia got pregnant. While undergoing exams and standard blood tests at the colony, she learned that her viral load was extremely high:
I went to the head of the medical unit and said that if they didn’t give a shit about me, at least take care of my child’s health: “Take me to an outside hospital.” The doctor nodded his head and disappeared — he just left and went on vacation for a few weeks.
Yulia was finally able to register at a maternity clinic during her 21st week of pregnancy. “When they brought me to the regular hospital, the gynecologist was shocked, of course, at the number and types of drugs I was taking as a pregnant woman. I had a prison guard with me — the doctor asked him what drugs were available now so that a permanent therapy regimen could be prescribed. He chuckled and said [the prison] had everything,” she recalled.
That evening, Yulia went to the prison’s medical unit to get the pills and saw the same medications she had been taking before. When asked why the promised medication was still unavailable to her, she was told that the administration “hadn’t ordered it yet.” She didn’t receive her new medications until a month after the appointment.
As soon as Yulia found out she was pregnant, she decided she would give birth without medications. According to her, the infectious disease doctor authorized her to do so, noting that her viral load had decreased. For unknown reasons, however, the doctor didn’t indicate the authorization in Yulia’s medical records, and she ultimately had a cesarean section against her will. The baby had high antibodies, she told Meduza, which suggested she was at risk for developing the disease herself. “My child was checked by doctors until she was three years old — she was only recently cleared. All this time, there was still a risk that my daughter would also be infected with HIV,” Yulia said.
Due to her frequent drug changes, Yulia developed drug resistance — there’s no longer any medication that tests show works on her body and reduces her viral load. As a result, her HIV infection has progressed to stage four, which is close to the terminal stage.
Human rights activist Maria said that because of the frequent changes in medical therapy, prisoners with HIV suffer from kidney failure, diarrhea, dizziness, weakness, anemia, and nausea. Yulia’s case, she told Meduza, is one of the worst possible outcomes of the government’s negligence.
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Grimaze - The Heart of a Collapsing Star
Groove/Death Metal from Sofia, Bulgaria
New album "The Heart of a Collapsing Star" out 01.09.2024
Grimaze is a metal band expressing intense inner experiences through music. The band was formed in 2013 and current line up includes:
Pavel Krumov - vocals, Melina Krumova - guitar, Georgi Ivanov - guitar and vocals Philip Kolarov - bass
1. Liquid Chaos 05:04
2. Gripping the Spirit 04:03
3. White Eyes 05:46
4. Pillars of Creation 06:53
5. Harder Than Death 05:05
6. Mouth of the Universe 05:19
7. Facing the Truth 04:28
8. Cosmic Solitude 07:14
Release date: September 1st, 2024
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Georgy Ivanov, 20th Century Russian Poetry: Silver and Steel; from 'I Walk and Think’, tr. Daniel Weissbort
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Porter Robinson - Cheerleader from Hugh Mulhern on Vimeo.
PRODUCTION
Production Company: Riff Raff
Director: Hugh Mulhern
EP/Producer: Precious Mahaga
EP: Natalie Arnett
Director's Representation: Hands
Executive Producer: Porter Robinson
Executive Producer: Slush Management (Aaron Greene, Neal O'Connor, Amar Pathak, Samuel Luria, Valerie Maybaum, Ryan Glatt)
Creative Director: Pablo Jones Soler
BTS/DIGITAL
Paul Mauer
SERVICE COMPANY
Solent Film MD: Alex Momchev
Solent Film MP: Magdalena Staneva
Solent Film Service Producer: Tihomira Temelkova
Assistant Producer: Elena Doroshenko
Production Manager: Mitko Milushev
Production Coordinator: Teodora Naydenova
Production Assistants: Eva Taneva, Simona Atanasova, Serafima Deyanova, Dimitar Borisov
CASTING DIRECTOR
Veselina Georgieva
AD'S
1st AD: Antony Tanev
2nd AD: Margarita Aneva
3rd AD: Damyan Tanev
CAMERA
DOP: Nikita Popkov
1st AC: Vladislav Mateev
2nd AC A camera: Ivaylo Yovchev
2nd AC B camera: Luciano Ivanov
Video Control: Borislav Stoyanov
Drone Operator: Nikolay Georgiev - Tanera
Data Manager: Delyan Kaloyanov
LIGHTING
Gaffer: Alexander Trenev
Electricians: Vasil Vasilev, Georgi Tsanev, Dimitar Yanev, Boris Vasilev
Dimmer Board Operator: Philip Georgiev
GRIP
Key Grip: Tsvetan Kostov
Grips: Albert Nikolinski, Dimitar Dimitrov, Yulian Gotchev, Mihail Gotsov, Emil Ivelinov
Head Technician: Borislav Tanev
Crane Technician: Stanimir Vatsov
SOUND
Playback: Kostadin Separevski
ART
Production Designer: Elena Isolini
Production Designer Assistant: Theresa Bates
Art Directors: Momchil Tasev, Aleksandar Yanev
Construction Manager: Minko Krustev
Props Master: Ada Paunova
On-Set Dressers: Nedelcho Hazarbasanov, Yavor Milanov
Set Dressers: Kostadin Dervenski, Evtim Evtimov
LOCATION
Location Manager: Anita Miletieva
Assistants: Elena Karadusheva, Lidiya Aleksandrova
STUNTS
Stunt Coordinator: Ivan Vodenicharov
Stunt Dept. Coordinator: Aneta Ivanova
Stunts: Marina Yordanova, Desislava Slavova, Tea Markova, Mariela Kostadinova, Ventsislav Hristov
CHOREOGRAPHY
Kosta Karakashyan
SFX
Supervisor: Nikolay Fartunkov
Senior Technician: Ivan Kazakov
Technicians: Vladimir Mitov, Blagoslav Zhenkov
HAIR/MAKE-UP
Hair Cut & Color: Miyuki Goto
Artist's Hair & Make-up Artist: Yesol Choi
Artist's Hair & Make-up Artist Assistant: Gohun Kim
Head of Make Up: Gergana Batanova
Head of Hair: Veselka Tsekina
Hair Stylists: Bilyana Borisova, Gergana Ivanova, Nataliya Kamenova, Gratziela Dimitrova
COSTUME
Artist's Stylist: Luca Wowczyna
Luca's Assistant: Elliott Lane
Assistant Stylists: Maria Petrova, Teodora Marinova, Nadya Dobrikova, Yoana Kusheva, Emiliyan Bonev
Tailor: Marieta Duncheva
Mask Design: Audrey Mai
ORGANIZATION
Set Manager: Georgi Asenov
PAs: Lyubomir Tabakov, Ivaylo Tabakov, Vulcho Monkov
STOP MOTION: THE JUNKS
Stop Motion Supervisor: Zlatin Radev
Animator: Boris Wolf
Assistant Animator / Puppet Doctor: Diliana Valcheva
Rigger / Assistant Animator: Teodor Ralev
Set Dressers: Alex Suninski, Marin Nalbantov
EDITING: TRIM EDITING
Editor: Joseph Taylor
Edit Assistant: Anders Mills
Producer: Noreen Khan
POST PRODUCTION
VFX Supervisor: Vasil Galabov
VFX: The Mill
EP: Saskia Delius
Producer: Sam Ashby
2D Lead: Ben Gallagher
2D Assists: Henry Claud N’guetta, Jane Williams, Muhaddissa Hasham
Associate Producer: Rushikesh Shelar
Production Coordinator: Karishma Verma
Compositor Supervisor: Nanda P V
Compositor Lead: Ragesh Ramachandran
Rotoscoping Supervisor: Kunal Bendke
Prep Lead: Jalander Madishetty
GABHA Studios: Dafydd Upsdell, Daniel Morris
Grade: Andrew Francis
Add’l Post Production: Andrzej, Nina Muro, Nick Lane
CGI: Alex (chippy) Futtersak, Dom Harwood
VFX Artists: David Ochoa
TRANSPORT
Coordinator: Vladimir Mashinata Blagoev
Prod Vans: Svetoslav Yordanov, Ivo Radkov, Iliya Iliev, Georgi Evstatiev
CATERING
Cherry Craft & Catering Manager: Mariela Manolova
Cherry Craft & Catering: Petya Kovacheva, Ivan Nalbatski, Borislav Parvanov
SUNWEAVER CREATIVE
Shawn Chapman: Producer - Creative
Jacqueline Adorni: Producer
Garrett Robles: 3D / Previs
Lauren Sperling: Project Coordinator
Matthew Hunt: Production Assistant
WARDROBE / COSTUME: VENIA
Christine Ko: Key Costumer
Keeter Ly: Key Costumer
WARDROBE / COSTUME: SUNWEAVER
Cybal Hall: Costume Supervisor
Annabelle Gerke: Key Costumer
Christopher Hall: Costumer (Silkscreening)
Daniel Rose: Lead Wig Designer
Kieran Smith: Wig Stylist
Samantha Michael: Wig Stylist
ART DEPARTMENT
Kigarumi Sensei
Taiki Nishikawa: Key Artist
Paul Nishikawa: Artist
Creative Character Engineering
Andrew Clement: Lead Artist
Lesley Becerra: Head of Production
Brad Palmer: Sr. Project Manager
Cory Fisher: 3D print/fabrication
Alex Dill: Fabrication
Mike Ross: Fabrication
Special Thanks - Venia
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Вся сиянье, вся непостоянство,
Как осколок погибшей звезды -
Ты заброшена в наше пространство,
Где тебе даже звёзды чужды.
И летишь - в никуда, ниоткуда, _
Обречённая вечно грустить,
Отрицать невозможное чудо
И бояться его пропустить...
/Георгий Иванов
All radiance, all impermanence,
Like a fragment of a lost star
You are cast into our space,
Where even the stars are alien to you.
And you fly, to nowhere, from nowhere, _
Doomed to be forever sad,
Denying the impossible miracle.
And fear to miss it...
/Georgy Ivanov
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125kg Budapest Ranking Series Preview
125kg Budapest Ranking Series Preview
125kgs at the Budapest ranking series looks like it will be one of the more interesting weight classes in men’s freestyle.
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Today, Mariya Gabriel, the nominee for Prime Minister, fulfilled her mandate by presenting President Rumen Radev with a completed folder at 4:15 p.m. today, outlining the draft composition of the Council of Ministers.
As negotiations between the Bulgarian political parties GERB and "We Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria" (WCC-DB) continued into the afternoon, there was anticipation and speculation about the outcome. Despite the ongoing discussions, Gabriel emphasized before the president that both parties shared common ground regarding reforms in the judicial system, regulators, and the fight against corruption.
Expressing her sense of duty, Gabriel underscored the importance of stability in governance for Bulgaria's progress on key national priorities, such as securing Schengen membership, joining the Eurozone, and fostering economic growth for the well-being of future generations. "I will not compromise on the principles of our Constitution, the rule of law, justice, and the fundamental democratic values of transparency and accountability," Gabriel affirmed.
She emphasized that addressing the economic and social concerns of Bulgarian citizens is equally paramount alongside regulatory reforms and anti-corruption efforts.
Responding to Gabriel's proposal, President Radev indicated that he would promptly issue a decree and submit the proposed cabinet composition to the National Assembly for consideration.
Full list of the proposed ministers:
Prime Minister and Foreign Minister - Mariya Gabriel
Deputy Prime Minister for European Affairs - Nikolai Denkov
Minister of Finance - Asen Vassilev
Minister of Internal Affairs - Kalin Stoyanov
Minister of Regional Development - Andrey Tsekov
Minister of Labor - Ivanka Shalapatova
Minister of Defense - Hristo Gadjev
Minister of Justice - Atanas Slavov
Minister of Education - Galin Tsokov
Minister of Health - Katya Paneva
Minister of Culture - Krastyo Krastev
Minister of Environment and Water - Ivelina Vasileva
Minister of Agriculture - Kiril Vatev
Minister of Transport - Georgi Gvozdeikov
Minister of Innovation and Growth - Rosen Zhelyazkov
Minister of Economy - Bogdan Bogdanov
Minister of Energy - Zhecho Stankov
Minister of e-government - Valentin Mundrov
Minister of Tourism - Zaritsa Dinkova
Minister of Youth and Sports - Dimitar Iliev
The parliamentary faction of "We Continuing the Change - Democratic Bulgaria" (WCC-DB) is convening to deliberate on GERB's decision to propose a government.
Unofficial reports suggest that the coalition has not yet reached consensus on the proposed ministerial candidates, nor have they finalized the coalition agreement, despite ongoing negotiations.
Yesterday, former Prime Minister Nikolai Denkov criticized the leaked list of ministerial nominees from GERB, citing the presence of what he deemed "unacceptable names." Among these names, there has been particular scrutiny directed at Zhecho Stankov, who is reportedly slated for the energy sector. Stankov previously served as deputy minister under Temenuzka Petkova in the preceding Borissov administration.
The coalition agreement, which was negotiated over the past ten days by GERB and WCC-DB remains unsigned. Prime Minister nominee Mariya Gabriel and her negotiating team member Raya Nazaryan indicated this after the "Dondukov" 2 ceremony.
In response to journalists' inquiries about the agreement, Gabriel stated that she signed it the previous day, as reported on Sunday evening by WCC-DB as the primary reason for GERB's withdrawal from the previously reached agreement.
Nazaryan elaborated, explaining that the agreement was approved by "Democratic Bulgaria" co-chairman Hristo Ivanov and signed by both Ivanov and Mariya Gabriel at 6 p.m. on Monday, March 18. However, shortly after, other coalition leaders declined to sign. Though she did not specify individuals, those involved in the negotiations included "We Continue the Change" co-chairs Kiril Petkov and Asen Vassilev, as well as Democrats for Strong Bulgaria leader Atanas Atanasov.
GERB stated that they would provide the media with the final version of the agreement soon.
Atanas Atanasov remarked that there is agreement regarding Gabriel's actions, expressing surprise at the outcome. Resigned Prime Minister Nikolai Denkov emphasized that the proposed cabinet represents GERB and not a mutually agreed upon one with WCC-DB. He stated that the agreement was not reached with their party.
Delyan Peevski, co-chairman of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS) announced that DPS will endorse the government proposed by GERB. While the party's support is not crucial for the cabinet's election due to sufficient votes from previous government participants, it falls short by 15 votes without additional support. Peevski emphasized that DPS's backing hinges on the government's commitment to serving the people and fulfilling promises to Bulgarian citizens. He stressed the importance of ongoing parliamentary efforts to enact constitutional and legislative reforms aimed at achieving genuine judicial reform and combating corruption.
What's next?
An hour and a half following the return of the mandate, President Rumen Radev swiftly signed a decree recommending Mariya Gabriel as Prime Minister to the 49th National Assembly. This information was relayed through a press release from the president's office.
The next procedural step involves the publication of this decree in the "State Gazette," a move expected to occur in an extraordinary issue likely scheduled for tomorrow.
Insiders within the parliament have disclosed that the presidential council, an informal body comprising representatives from all political groups, will convene tomorrow to discuss the timeline for the government's vote of confidence.
In theory, the government could secure approval as early as this week. However, the outcome hinges on two crucial decisions to be made by "We Continue the Change - Democratic Bulgaria":
Whether the coalition will sustain governance with GERB.
Whether adjustments will be made to the proposed cabinet composition.
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The sky took a long time to paint.
Directors: Zhang + Knight
Producer: Luke Tierney
Production Company: FRIEND
DOP: Carl Nilsson
B2Y Producer: Alexander Kenanov
Service Company: B2Y Productions
B2Y Line Producer: Ivan Ivanov-Kebapa
Production Manager: Kristin Arakchieva
Production Coordinator: Daniel Vasev
Production Accountant: Diana Petrova
1 AD: Mihajlo Kocev
Production Designer: Lora Venkova
Art Director: Kris Lekov
Art Department Coordinator: Anna Hadzhieva
Props Master: Zdravko Vasilev
Props Master Assistant: Vasil Ivanov
Buyer: Georgi Georgiev
Construction manager: Zamfir Zamfirov
Carpenter: Georgi Lazarov
Carpenter: Tanislav Lazarov
Carpenter: Emanuil Asenov
Carpenter: Toni Tomov
Carpenter:Ivan Kirov
Carpenter: Dian Angelov
Carpenter: Stefan Mavrodiev
Carpenter: Boyan Georgiev
Set Dresser: Luybomir Harizanov
Assistant Set Dresser: Andrey Vasilev
Lead Painter / Graffiti: Atanas Levakov
Lead Painter / Graffiti: Yoan Tsenkov
Painter: Todor Raykov
Painter: Vasko Vasilev
Painter: Toni Kanchev
Choreographer: Simon Donnellon
Choreographer: Lydia Buckler
1st AC: Mihail Kotev
2nd AC: Ludmil Donchev
Steadicam Operator: Nikolay Kerezov
Video Control: Simeon Chengelski
Loader: Borislav Zlatanov
Downloader: Bogomil Georgiev
BTS: Angela Stephenson
Stylist Taff Williamson
Costumer: Mariya Petrova
Hair & Make Up: Gergana Batanova
Gaffer: Peter Kostov
Electrician: Kirirl Bakalov
Electrician: Viktor Hristov
Key Grip: Vihar Nikolov
Grip: Todor Todorov
Key PA: Teodor Luckanov
PA: Stoqn Rusev
PA: Ivelin Ilchev
Driver: Dimitar Simeonov
Driver: Daniel Balcev
Craft Service: RAGAZZI / Stefan Dundakov
Editor: Ellie Johnson @ Tenthree
Edit Producer: Julian Marshall
Colourist: Daniel De Vue @ A52
Colour EP: Thatcher Peterson
Colour Producer: Jenny Bright
VFX: Analog Studios
VFX EP: Mike Merron
VFX Producer: Rose Nicholson
VFX Lead/Lead 2D: Fabio Zaveti
2D Artist: Giuseppina Cataldo
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22+ INTERVIEWS
2021
HD video
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Peter Torniov, Architect
Pravdolub Ivanov, Artist
Stela Vasileva, Artist
Nedko Solakov, Artist
Boiana Gjaurova, Cultural manager
& Dimana Missirkova
Boris Missirkov, Cinematographer
Georgi Bogdanov, Cinematographer
Evgenia Atanassova, Journalist
Kalin Serapionov, Artist
Tzvetana Shipkova, Journalist
Milko Lazarov, Film director
Veselka Kiriakova, Film producer
Luchezar Boyadzhiev, Artist
Stefan Nikolaev, Artist
Marieta Tsenova, Artist
Kiril Prashkov, Artist
Vesselina Sarieva, Gallerist
Maria Vassileva, Art critic, Gallerist
Voin Voinov, Artist
Nadezhda Dzhakova, Director of SAMCA, Sofia
Iaroslava Boubnova, Director of the National Gallery, Sofia
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