Rumen Radev 's landslide victory in April delivered Bulgaria its first single-party majority government in years. Western media immediately started drawing parallels to Viktor Orban, labeling Radev as Putin's potential "Trojan horse" in the EU. The Financial Times and Washington Post ran pieces suggesting Bulgaria would become the Kremlin's new best friend in Brussels after Orban's defeat in Hungary. But the reality is messier than these headlines suggest. Further reading: Radev +Could+Be+Its+