Botev Plovdiv’s Russian proprietor Anton Zingarevich goes public on his 10-year ban from getting into Bulgaria

November 21 – The proprietor of Bulgaria’s Botev Plovdiv, Russian Anton Zingarevich, has spoken publicly for the primary time after data appeared within the Bulgarian media he had been banned from getting into Bulgaria for ten years.

The reviews declare that Zingarevich, who additionally holds an Israeli passport, was listed as a “risk to nationwide safety”.

Botev Plovdiv has repeatedly denied these allegations and demanded official data on the case from the Bulgarian authorities.

Zingarevich’s lawyer in Bulgaria additionally despatched a letter to the Bulgarian president, however no official data has been offered.
In the long run, Zingarevich appeared on the Botev Plovdiv membership channel to touch upon what was taking place and reassure followers that the membership was functioning usually.

“It has all the time been a battle. I received used to this lately. That is nothing new. I by no means imagined that one thing like this might occur. After I heard the information I believed it was a joke or one thing,” mentioned Zingarevich.

“Nonetheless, when such issues come out, then you need to take them severely. We nonetheless haven’t any reply from the federal government and the authorities. We’re ready for them to search out out precisely what the reality is, as a result of at this stage I solely hear issues from the information and these are rumors.

“It’s unusual for me that there’s an order towards me and on the similar time that I can’t perceive what it’s. In the intervening time everyone seems to be simply listening to rumors and journalistic discuss, however there’s nothing official. I’ve no solutions and I believe that we most likely must take different actions to get an official reply,” Zingarevich continued.

“I nonetheless suppose that that is some sort of misunderstanding or mistake. I’ll combat it as finest I can. The issue, as I mentioned, is that we have no idea what precisely is happening and we’re solely guessing. There are such a lot of totally different choices. You might be proper that ultimately the membership suffers from all this,” he added.

“I’m completely happy that everybody on the membership is united and believes. They help me in so some ways. Within the meantime, we’re functioning usually and can proceed to take action. Nothing modifications relating to Botev.”

Contact the author of this story, Aleksander Krassimirov, at moc.l1732175085labto1732175085ofdlr1732175085owedi1732175085sni@o1732175085fni1732175085