Krum Kostadinov Zarkov

Public record

Compiled from publications and official records as of 23.10.2026. Every statement links to its source; claims made by others are marked as such, with who makes them. Quotations in English are our translation.

Communist Party and State Security

• His grandfather Leonid Katsamunski – in the Dossier Commission register; Zarkov: he did not work in State Security. On Facebook, apologising for a joke on Nova TV that hurt victims of communism, Zarkov writes: "Not that it matters, but Leonid Katsamunski /my grandfather mentioned by Borisov/ did not work in State Security, he was a prosecutor, criminologist and investigator" (our translation). The register of the Dossier Commission contains a record for LEONID ATANASOV KATSAMUNSKI, born 06.03.1936 in Pleven, under Decision No 95 of 28.10.2009 (investigators and inquiry officers): "By order No 3734/ 13.12.1977 he was appointed head of РУ; by decree No 88/ 15.01.1990 he was reassigned as head of ГСУ. By order No 124/ 12.01.1971 he was sent to a 5-month school in the USSR" (our translation). The Bulgarian Wikipedia describes him as a "Bulgarian officer, major general of State Security" (our translation). — Dossier Commission, decision No 95, 28.10.2009, Dir.bg, 24 Mar 2017, Bulgarian Wikipedia, 23 Oct 2026
• Grandfather's personnel file: head of department in the Sofia City Directorate, training in Kyiv. Zonanews.bg, citing his personal file (pp. 9–11) in the Dossier Commission archive, writes that as a lieutenant colonel and head of the Criminal department of the Sofia City Directorate of the Interior Ministry he was sent for five months' training at the MVD Higher School in Kyiv. The outlet calls him Krum Zarkov's grandfather, adding that he is not his grandfather by blood: Zarkov's mother is his stepdaughter. — Zonanews.bg, 19 Nov 2021

Russia

• On negotiations between Russia and Ukraine. As BSP chairman he says on the programme Oporni hora that the alternative to negotiations is a military conflict involving even more states: "If we are far from the negotiating table, we are close to this tragedy" (our translation). — Fakti.bg, 18 Oct 2026

Corruption and scandals

• A check on the origin of funds for a property. Mediapool reports that the Supreme Cassation Prosecutor's Office assigns the anti-corruption commission (КПКОНПИ) and the Revenue Agency a check on the origin of the funds for his home. He replies: "The only home that I and my family own was bought a year before I entered politics" (our translation). — Mediapool, 11 Apr 2019