Vladimir Marinov Marinov

Public record

Compiled from publications and official records as of 24.10.2026. Every statement links to its source; claims made by others are marked as such, with who makes them. Quotations in English are our translation.

Russia

• Meeting with United Russia in Istanbul. On 6 September 2022 in Istanbul, according to an ABV press release published by BTA, he and the party leader Rumen Petkov met United Russia deputy chair Andrey Klimov and Vladimir Pligin, a member of the Russian party's Supreme Council. The focus was the military operation in Ukraine; the participants agreed that imposing sanctions „does nothing good for either side“ (our translation). Petkov and Marinov urged a settlement between Bulgargaz and Gazprom Export, and the talks were agreed to continue in Moscow. — BTA (ABV press release), 06.09.2022
• Meeting with Slutsky in Moscow. During Russian Energy Week he and Rumen Petkov met Leonid Slutsky, chair of the Russian Duma's foreign affairs committee, in Moscow, the ABV party site reports. They expressed „strong concern at the interference of foreign capital through NGOs in Bulgaria“ (our translation) and the expectation that after the early elections the consolidated left would help normalise relations between Bulgaria and Russia. — ABV party site, 27.09.2024
• Vote against military-technical aid to Ukraine. On 4 May 2022 he voted against parliament's resolution on military-technical aid to Ukraine. Speaking to Actualno he said the only way to resolve the conflict is diplomacy, and added: „I never understood what exactly we want to provide to Ukraine“ (our translation). — Actualno.com, 04.05.2022

Corruption and scandals

• A water-meter bypass at his mother's firm, according to Plovdiv24. Plovdiv24 writes that at a site in the village of Boykovo belonging to Agro Erg EOOD, which is registered in the name of his mother Kalinka Marinova, a bypass before the water meter was found and the firm was charged for a year's water, BGN 6,341.33; the outlet says it holds documents. According to it, a few days after the inspection he, as chair of Rodopi Municipal Council, tried to start a campaign against the management of ViK-Plovdiv. He denies that the firm was sanctioned: „I have no firms in my own name by law“ (our translation), adding that he set it up in 2004. A group of municipal councillors asks for his early removal from the post and names the water case among the reasons; the extraordinary session is set for Wednesday, 8 October. — Plovdiv24, 19.08.2025, Plovdiv24, 08.10.2025