Bulgarian acting president Iliana Iotova wins run-off election, exit polls show

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Iotova, who favours dialogue with Russia and opposes military aid to Ukraine, is set to become the country’s first elected female president

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Bulgaria’s acting president Iliana Iotova, who favours dialogue with Moscow and opposes military aid to Ukraine, won a presidential run-off vote on Sunday, exit polls showed.

The vote took place amid security concerns in the European Union and Nato member following a series of drone attacks on commercial vessels in the Black Sea.

The race for the largely ceremonial post pitted Iotova, an ally of Prime Minister Rumen Radev, against Andrey Gyurov, a banker and former caretaker prime minister backed by the pro-Western opposition.

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