The special administrator of Lukoil assets in Bulgaria must obtain permission from the government for each specific activity, Energy Minister Zhecho Stankov told Bulgarian National Radio (BNR) in an interview on November 16.
On November 14, the Bulgarian government appointed National Revenue Agency head Roumen Spetsov as special administrator of Lukoil assets in Bulgaria, including the country’s sole refinery. The same day, the US and UK announced temporary derogations from sanctions affecting Lukoil in Bulgaria.
Stankov said that the special administrator “had not been given such rights” as have been claimed.
“Almost like he wakes up with some grandiose idea and does something, on the contrary. The Cabinet is the control body that can allow or prohibit him from certain actions,” Stankov said.
The appointment of Spetsov has been criticised by the opposition We Continue the Change – Democratic Bulgaria coalition and by President Roumen Radev because the revenue agency chief do
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